On the right is a 100-year-old article by art critic Clive Bell (1881 – 1964), who succinctly makes the case as to why neither Britain or America would have been capable of producing a writer like Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922).
Another review by Bell can be read here
literary review of Marcel Proust VANITY FAIR magazine 1923Clive Bell review of Marcel Proust 1923critic Clive Bell and Duchess de Guermantes 1923critic Clive Bell and Princess des Laumes 1923literary Britain could never produce a Marcel ProustAmerican culture could never produce a Marcel Proust 1923 literary review
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literary review of Marcel Proust VANITY FAIR magazine 1923Clive Bell review of Marcel Proust 1923critic Clive Bell and Duchess de Guermantes 1923critic Clive Bell and Princess des Laumes 1923literary Britain could never produce a Marcel ProustAmerican culture could never produce a Marcel Proust 1923 literary review
