NRF did so because, as André Gide sniffily told Proust’s friend Prince Antoine Bibesco, ‘we publish serious books. There can be no question of our bringing out something like this, the work of a ...

Alain de Botton has written a meditation on aspects of Proust presented in the form of a self-help book, so that the chapter entitled 'How to Be Happy in Love', for instance, considers what Proust had ...

Like Mallarmé and Apollinaire, Proust also proved adept at exploiting the promotional power of the press. In collaboration with his publishers, he orchestrated extensive publicity campaigns on behalf ...