 Its six volumes, comprising Proust's seven, were published in Britain under the Allen Lane imprint in 2002.Proust is known to have been homosexual, and his sexuality and relationships with men are often discussed by his biographers.Although his housekeeper, Céleste Albaret, denies this aspect of Proust's sexuality in her memoirs, her denial runs contrary to the statements of many of Proust's friends and contemporaries, including his fellow writer André Gide as well as his valet Ernest A. Forssgren.