Marcel Proust

Born

in Auteuil, France

July 10, 1871

Died

November 18, 1922

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

Pierre Loti, Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon, Henri Bergson, Charles ...more

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French novelist, best known for his 3000 page masterpiece À la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past or In Search of Lost Time), a pseudo-autobiographical novel told mostly in a stream-of-consciousness style. Born in the first year of the Third Republic, the young Marcel, like his narrator, was a delicate child from a bourgeois family. He was active in Parisian high society during the 80s and 90s, welcomed in the most fashionable and exclusive salons of his day. However, his position there was also one of an outsider, due to his Jewishness and homosexuality. Towards the end of 1890s Proust began to withdraw more and more from society, and although he was never entirely reclusive, as is sometimes made out, he lapsed more compl ...more

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	Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) by Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 29,414 ratings — published 1913 — 735 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu #1-7) by Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator), Andreas Mayor (Translator) 4.34 avg rating — 7,594 ratings — published 1927 — 180 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (In Search of Lost Time, #2) by Marcel Proust, James Grieve (Translator), Christopher Prendergast (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 6,500 ratings — published 1919 — 244 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guermantes Way (In Search of Lost Time, #3) by Marcel Proust, Mark Treharne (Translator), Christopher Prendergast (Editor) 4.32 avg rating — 4,616 ratings — published 1920 — 173 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remembrance of Things Past: Volume I - Swann's Way & Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator), Terence Kilmartin (Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 2,857 ratings — published 1981 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sodom and Gomorrah (In Search of Lost Time, #4) by Marcel Proust, Christopher Prendergast (Editor), John Sturrock (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 3,575 ratings — published 1921 — 184 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Regained (In Search of Lost Time, #7) by Marcel Proust, Andreas Mayor (Translator), Terence Kilmartin (Translator) 4.48 avg rating — 3,328 ratings — published 1927 — 145 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Captive & The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, #5-6) by Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator), Terence Kilmartin (Translator) 4.40 avg rating — 1,889 ratings — published 1925 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un amour de Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1.2) 3.95 avg rating — 1,437 ratings — published 1913 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remembrance of Things Past: Volume II - The Guermantes Way & Cities of the Plain by Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator), Terence Kilmartin (Translator) 4.54 avg rating — 849 ratings — published 1922 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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À la recherche du temps perdu (11 books)
by Marcel Proust, Andreas Mayor (Translator), Terence Kilmartin (Translator), D.J. Enright (Revisions)
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by Marcel Proust, Bernd-Jürgen Fischer (Translator)
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À la recherche du temps perdu (1 book)
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Quotes by Marcel Proust

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
― Marcel Proust

tags: gratitude, happiness

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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
― Marcel Proust

tags: discovery, travel

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“Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.”
― Marcel Proust, Swann's Way

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