AUNT LEONIE'S HOUSE, MARCEL PROUST MUSEUM
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It was in this house that the young Marcel Proust spent his vacation, and here is the first pages of the search for Lost Time, corresponding to the first part of The Side of Swann. From the kitchen where Françoise lazlo in the bedroom of the future writer, passing through Aunt Léonie's bedroom, which made him taste a champagne soaked in tea, one foot here the life of Marcel Proust remembering famous episodes of research. The interiors restored from furniture that belonged to the family invite us to apprehend his universe and to understand his inspiration. It's not in Chartres, you will tell me. But it's only 25 kilometers away, or about minutes by car, or even better, one hour by bicycle. For you know that from the rue de la Taye à Leonardo at the house of Marcel Proust in Illiers-Combray, the road is set for the bikes, provided you pass through the D 149: on the segment most frequented by cars, a bicycle track follows the road in parallel, and then it is road roads that will make you discover small villages and a typically beautiful panorama…
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Members' reviews on AUNT LEONIE'S HOUSE, MARCEL PROUST MUSEUM
The guided tour is a little boring and it is tiring to stay standing an hour without being able to sit down.
Unfortunately not can take pictures as the museum does not sell postcards of the various rooms of the house.