Скачать книгу - Letters to the Lady Upstairs



A charming, funny, poignant collection of twenty-three letters from Marcel Proust to his upstairs neighbour102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Paris’s eighth arrondissement.Upstairs lives Madame Williams, with her second husband and her harp. Downstairs lives Marcel Proust, trying to write In Search of Lost Time, but all too often distracted by the noise from upstairs.Written by Proust to Madame Williams between the years 1909 and 1919, this precious discovery of letters reveals the comings and goings of a Paris building, as seen through Proust’s eyes. You’ll read of the effort required to live peacefully with annoying neighbours; of the sadness of losing friends in the war; of concerts and music and writing; and, above all, of a growing, touching friendship between two lonely souls.‘Delightful. Big news for Proustians’ Daily Telegraph‘If you have suffered from noisy neighbours, you will sympathize with Marcel Proust’ Times Literary Supplement‘A haunting portrait of a friendship between two people who lived within earshot of one another, separated only by a few inches of plaster and floorboard, but who scarcely ever met’ New Statesman


Complete Letters of Mark Twain Complete Letters of Mark Twain

Автор: Марк Твен

Год издания: 

The letters of Mark Twain are peculiarly of the revealing sort. He was a man of few restraints and of no affectations. In his correspondence, as in his talk, he spoke what was in his mind, untrammeled by literary conventions.


Models of letters for the use of schools and private students Models of letters for the use of schools and private students

Автор: Группа авторов

Год издания: 

Полный вариант заголовка: «Models of letters : for the use od schools and private students : being an epitome of the large 8 volume, entitled, Elegant epistles : and containig Select letters from the best English authors : with many translated from the French, which have never appeared in any miscellaneous collection».


Unpublished letters of the eighteenth century Unpublished letters of the eighteenth century

Автор: Группа авторов

Год издания: 

Полный вариант заголовка: «Unpublished letters of the eighteenth century : illustrative of the Herbert family ; and of the latter part of king William's and the earlier part of queen Anne's reigns : with notes / edited by Rebecca Warner».


Letters from the late Rev. William Romaine Letters from the late Rev. William Romaine

Автор: William Romaine

Год издания: 

Полный вариант заголовка: «Letters from the late Rev. William Romaine, A.M. tо a friend, on the most important subjects : during a correspondence of 20 years / published from the original manuscripts, by Thomas Wills, A.B.».


The letters of Junius. vol. 1 The letters of Junius. vol. 1

Автор: John Wade

Год издания: 

Полный вариант заголовка: «Junius : Vol. 1 : including letters by the same writer under other signatures : to which are added his confidential correspondence with Mr. Wilkes, and his private letters to Mr. H.S. Woodfall : containing the entier work as originally published, with illustrative notes / by John Wade ; with new evidence as to the authorship, and an analysis by the late Sir Harris Nicolas, G.C.M.G.».