Letters to the Lady UpstairsA charming, funny, poignant collection of twenty three letters from Marcel Proust to his upstairs neighbour 102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Pariss 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,