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...Could you explain the kiss he gave her, in the very middle of the ball?" "Overwhelmingly" gentle in voice, elaborately formal in manner, Proust smiled continually, gazed fondly at society from brilliant black eyes under drooping eyelids and "a Saracen's beak." Extravagant, generous?his tips were fantastic???he dressed like the dandy he was: creamy pink shirtfront, a rose or orchid in his lapel, light-colored gloves with black points. Even in summer, for fear of catching cold, he wore a heavy pelisse. An impressed English visitor to Paris said that Proust was "really the only man I ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Proust | 8/29/1932 | See Source »

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