"Among the notebooks found at the time of Marcel Proust’s death were those containing Contre Sainte-Beuve, written 1895–1900. Contre Sainte-Beuve is an unusual document—part narrative, part essay—that can be read as an early draft of the first volumes of A la recherche du temps perdu and as a statement of Proust’s aesthetic principles." --Michael Shapiro
Link to the full article: http://modernism.research.yale.edu/wiki/index.php/Contre_Saint-Beuve
Since these notebooks weren't published until the mid 1950's they are apparently not available from sources like Project Gutenberg. However, if you understand French, there is a site where you can download the audio version: http://www.litteratureaudio.com/livre-audio-gratuit-mp3/proust-marcel-contre-sainte-beuve.html
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