Marcel Proust

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born

in Auteuil, France

July 10, 1871

died

November 18, 1922

genre

Literature & Fiction

influences

Pierre Loti, Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon, Brantôme, Honoré de Balz ...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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Marcel Proust's Books

Average rating: 4.23 · 31,507 ratings · 2,580 reviews · 185 distinct works · Similar authors

	Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) by Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis (Translator) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 13,117 ratings — published 1913 — 89 editions	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 by Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator), Andreas Mayor (Translator) 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 3,491 ratings — published 1913 — 65 editions	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) 4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 2,941 ratings — published 1918 — 109 editions	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) 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 1,749 ratings — published 1919 — 14 editions	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) 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 1,949 ratings — published 1920 — 77 editions	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) 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 1,519 ratings — published 1921 — 74 editions	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) 4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 1,371 ratings — published 1927 — 62 editions	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) 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 890 ratings — published 1925 — 17 editions	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) 4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 1922 — 8 editions	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 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 600 ratings — published 1913 — 49 editions	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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Series by Marcel Proust

À la recherche du temps perdu (7 books)
by Marcel Proust, Andreas Mayor (Translator), Terence Kilmartin (Translator), D.J. Enright (Revisions)
4.25142203224395 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 29,711 ratings

Marcel Proust - Bibliothèque de la Pléiade (6 books)
by Marcel Proust
4.479099678456592 of 5 stars 4.48 avg rating — 311 ratings

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

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

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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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