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An experiment:
The Questionaire of Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
At age fourteen, Proust was given an English album "Confessions : An Album To Record Thoughts, Feelings". Seven years later, he published this questionaire. It turned into a parlour game and was popular in the literary salons of late 19th Century Paris. A century later, we youth are using the internet as our parlour, and our friend pages as salons. Let's get back to our roots.
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the main lineaments of my character.
a quality I desire in a man.
a quality I desire in a woman.
what I appreciate most among my friends.
my principal defect.
my favourite occupation.
my dream of felicity.
what would for me be the biggest misfortune.
whom I would like to be.
the country where I would like to live.
the colour I prefer.
the flower I love.
the bird I prefer.
my favourite authors.
my favourite poets.
my heroes in fiction.
my favourite composers.
my favourite artists.
my heroes in real life.
my heroines in history.
my favourite names.
what I hate most.
the historic characters I dislike most.
the military enterprise I like the most.
the reformation I appreciate the most.
nature’s gift I would like to have.
how I would like to die.
my soul's present condition.
the faults I can bear.
my motto.
The Questionaire of Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
At age fourteen, Proust was given an English album "Confessions : An Album To Record Thoughts, Feelings". Seven years later, he published this questionaire. It turned into a parlour game and was popular in the literary salons of late 19th Century Paris. A century later, we youth are using the internet as our parlour, and our friend pages as salons. Let's get back to our roots.
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the main lineaments of my character.
a quality I desire in a man.
a quality I desire in a woman.
what I appreciate most among my friends.
my principal defect.
my favourite occupation.
my dream of felicity.
what would for me be the biggest misfortune.
whom I would like to be.
the country where I would like to live.
the colour I prefer.
the flower I love.
the bird I prefer.
my favourite authors.
my favourite poets.
my heroes in fiction.
my favourite composers.
my favourite artists.
my heroes in real life.
my heroines in history.
my favourite names.
what I hate most.
the historic characters I dislike most.
the military enterprise I like the most.
the reformation I appreciate the most.
nature’s gift I would like to have.
how I would like to die.
my soul's present condition.
the faults I can bear.
my motto.