Monsieur Proust, Paperback/Celeste Albaret

Celeste Albaret was Marcel Proust's housekeeper in his last years, when he retreated from the world to devote himself to In Search of Lost Time . She could imitate his voice to perfection, and Proust himself said to her, ``You know everything about me.`` Her reminiscences of her employer present an intimate picture of the daily life of a great writer who was also a deeply peculiar man, while Madame Albaret herself proves to be a shrewd and engaging companion.