Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his masterpiee À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time; earlier translated as Remembrance of Things Past) published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. In his twenties, he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. He slept by day and worked by ni  ...