Pagine1871–1922 · Auteuil, Paris, France · also known as Proust
Marcel Proust spent his last years writing, often in bed in a cork-lined room, the seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time (1913–1927) — a vast exploration of memory, love, art and society. In its first volume, Swann’s Way, the taste of a madeleine dipped in tea brings the narrator’s childhood flooding back. The second volume won the Prix Goncourt in 1919.
Begin with Swann’s Way.
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Marcel Proust spent his last years writing, often in bed in a cork-lined room, the seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time (1913–1927) — a vast exploration of memory, love, art and society. In its first volume, Swann’s Way, the taste of a madeleine dipped in tea brings the narrator’s childhood flooding back.
Swann’s Way is usually considered Marcel Proust’s best-known work, followed by In Search of Lost Time.
Most readers start with Swann’s Way.
Both refer to the same writer.
Many of Marcel Proust’s works are in the public domain; we link to free editions below.