Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
Author of Swann's Way
About the Author
Proust is one of the seminal figures in modern literature, matched only in stature by Joyce, Woolf, Mann and Kafka. By the last decade of the 19th century, the charming and ambitious Proust, born into a wealthy bourgeois family, was already a famous Paris socialite who attended the most fashionable show more salons of the day. The death of his parents in the early years of the 20th century, coupled with his own increasingly ill health, made of Proust a recluse who confined himself to his cork-lined bedroom on the Boulevard Haussmann. There he concentrated on the composition of his great masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past (1913-27). In recent years, it was discovered that he had already prepared a first draft of the work in the 1890s in Jean Santeuil, which was only published posthumously in 1952. Remembrance of Things Past resists summary. Seeming at turns to be fiction, autobiography, and essay, Remembrance is a vast meditation on the relationship between time, memory, and art. In it the narrator, who bears the same first name as the author, attempts to reconstruct his life from early childhood to middle age. In the process, he surveys French society at the turn of the century and describes the eventual decline of the aristocracy in the face of the rising middle class. The process of reconstruction of Marcel's past life is made possible by the psychological device of involuntary memory; according to this theory, all of our past lies hidden within us only to be rediscovered and brought to the surface by some unexpected sense perception. In the final volume of the work, the narrator, who has succeeded in recapturing his past, resolves to preserve it through the Work of Art, his novel. He died of pneumonia and a pulmonary abscess in 1922. He was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Marcel Proust, vers 1891, à l’orée de sa vingtaine (Image colorisée)
Series
Works by Marcel Proust
In Search of Lost Time; Swann's Way, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower Part I & Sketches (1954) 154 copies
In Search of Lost Time; Swann's Way, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower & The Guermantes Way (1934) 137 copies
In Search of Lost Time; In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower Part II, The Guermantes Way & Sketches (1988) 107 copies
Contre Sainte-Beuve, précédé de Pastiches et mélanges et suivi de Essais et articles (1971) 26 copies
The Death of Baldassare Silvande 13 copies
Pleasures and Days and "Memory" / Les Plaisirs et les Jours et "Souvenir" Short Stories by Marcel Proust: A… (2013) 11 copies
In Search of Lost Time: Vol 2 9 copies
In Search of Lost Time Guermantes Way by Proust, Marcel ( Author ) ON Dec-05-1996, Paperback 8 copies
In Search of Lost Time: Within a Budding Grove v.2: Within a Budding Grove Vol 2 (Vintage classics) 8 copies
Rememberance of Things Past (volume 2) : Cities of the plain , the Captive, The Sweet Cheat Gone , The Past Recaptured (1932) 8 copies
Op zoek naar de verloren tijd. In de schaduw van de bloeiende meisjes. Dl. 3: Plaatsnamen : de plaats (vervolg) (1978) 8 copies
O Prazer da Leitura 7 copies
De vijfenzeventig bladen en andere manuscripten op basis van het manuscript dat bewaard wordt in de Bibliothèque… (2022) 7 copies
De kant van Guermantes 7 copies
Remembrance of things past vol III 7 copies
Remembrance of Things Past: v. 3 7 copies
ALLA RICERCA DEL TEMPO PERDUTO CON UN SAGGIO DI GIACOMO DEBENEDETTI CRONOLOGIA DELLA VITA DELL'AUTORE E DEL SUO… (1970) 7 copies
Flimmern des Herzens: Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit - in der Urfassung (Die Andere Bibliothek, Band 395) (2017) 7 copies
Jean Santeuil: Volume II 6 copies
1 6 copies
In Search of Lost Time: Vol 1 6 copies
Alla ricerca del tempo perduto 5 copies
Remembrance of Things Past 5 copies
The Fugitive Time Regained 5 copies
Marcel Proust: Remembrance of Things Past: or In Search of Lost Time (Complete) (Bauer Classics) (All Time Best Writers… (2020) 5 copies
À la recherche du temps perdu - II - À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs (Troisième partie) (2014) 4 copies
Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit. Gesamtausgabe: Bände 1–8: Vollständige Textausgabe mit… (2017) 4 copies
In Search of Lost Time Volume 5 4 copies
Choix de lettres 4 copies
El remitente misterioso y otros relatos / The Mysterious Correspondent: New Stories (Narrativa) (Spanish Edition) (2021) 4 copies
Remembrance of Things Past - Cities of the Pain - Captive - Sweet Cheat Gone - Past Recaptured - Swann's Way - Within -… (1934) 4 copies
Remembrance Of Things Past (Vol 3) 4 copies
Jean Santeuil: Volume III 4 copies
Alla ricerca del tempo perduto - Vol. I Dalla parte di Swann - All'ombra delle fanciulle in fiore) 4 copies
Remembrance of things past: 2 3 copies
In Search of Lost Time, Volume iV 3 copies
A La Recherche du Temps Perdu VIII 3 copies
A sombra das mocas em flor. A procura do tempo perdido - vol. 2 (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 3 copies
The Fugitive & Time Regained 3 copies
Cahier 54: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Nouvelles acquisitions françaises 16694 (2008) 3 copies
Petit pan de mur jaune d'après la vue de Delf de Vermeer, suivi de 'Les Écarts d'une vision" (1986) 3 copies
A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU - Tome II. Edition établie et annotée par Pierre CLARAC et André… (1978) 3 copies
Classic French Fiction: first 4 volumes of A La Recherche du Temps Perdu, in French (Samizdat Edition with Active Table… (2009) 3 copies
Marcel Proust : Oeuvres complètes et annexes (annotées, illustrées): A la recherche du temps perdu… (2019) 3 copies
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. IV 3 copies
In Search of Lost Time: Vol 5 3 copies
In Search of Lost Time - Box set 3 copies
Ἀναζητώντας τόν χαμένο χρόνο 3 copies
À la recherche du temps perdu, III 3 copies
Zeewind op het platteland 3 copies
IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME 3 — Author — 3 copies
Correspondance : 1914-1922 3 copies
Werke. Frankfurter Ausgabe: Werke I. Band 3: Essays, Chroniken und andere Schriften: Abt. I/3 (1992) 3 copies
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST. Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Frederick A. Blossom. Two Volumes. (1934) 3 copies
Veien til Guermantes 3 copies
Crónicas 2 copies
Alla ricerca del tempo perduto - volume 3 (La prigioniera, La fuggitiva, Il tempo ritrovato) 2 copies
A la recherche du temps perdu, tome 1 : Du côté de chez Swann; A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs 2 copies
In Search of Lost Time Vol 2 2 copies
Landscapes 2 copies
MORCEAUX CHOISIS — Author — 2 copies
Lettters of Marcel Proust 2 copies
Walter Benjamin Gesammelte Schriften: Übersetzungen Supplement II; Im Schatten der jungen Mädchen (1987) 2 copies
pg7178-images 2 copies
A selection from his miscellaneous writings, chosen and translated by Gerard Hopkins (1948) 2 copies
In Search Of Lost Time Volume 4 2 copies
" Cher ami... ": Une histoire épistolaire de la publication d' A la recherche du temps perdu (2019) 2 copies
Cher Ami - Votre Marcel Proust: Marcel Proust in the Mirror of His Correspondence (French and German Edition) (2009) 2 copies
37. Crnicas 2 copies
Lettres Retrouvees 2 copies
Remembrance of Things Past: 3 2 copies
Prizoniera 2 copies
In Search Of Lost Time, Vol. 3 2 copies
Le Temps Retrouve (Collection Folio) (French Edition) GALLIMARD Edition by Proust, Marcel (2000) (1990) 2 copies
Por el camino de Swann II 2 copies
Remembrances of Things Past, Four-Volume Set, Complete Includes: Swann's Way, Budding Within a Grove, Guermantes… (1934) 2 copies
Personaggi 2 copies
Obras Completas III - JEAN SANTEUIL - LOS PLACERES Y LOS DIAS - PARODIAS Y MISCELANEA - ENSAYOS LITERARIOS (2004) 2 copies
Lettres à la NRF 2 copies
A la recherche des peintures du temps perdu: D'apres l'euvre de Marcel Proust = En busca de las pinturas del tiempo… (1993) 2 copies
À la recherche du temps perdu V-VI 2 copies
4 2 copies
In Search of Lost Time 1 1 copy
Proust on Reading 1 copy
Los placeres y los días 1 copy
Gegen Sainte-Beuve 1 copy
ALBERTINA E ZHDUKUR 1 copy
SWANN'IN BİR AŞKI 1 copy
Le côté de Guermantes 1 copy
Marcel Proust. A la recherche du temps perdu. Du côté de chez Swann, extraits. Avec une notice… 1 copy
Proust 150 : Hommages de 150 lecteurs à l?occasion du 150e anniversaire de la naissance de Marcel… 1 copy
Содом и Гоморра (Live) 1 copy
Fiche de lecture Le Côté de Guermantes de Marcel Proust (Analyse littéraire de référence et résumé complet)… (2017) 1 copy
Strona Guermantów 1 copy
Put k Swannu Combray 1 copy
Pastiches et mélanges 1 copy
Por el camino de Swann II 1 copy
The sweet cheat gone 1 copy
Le côté de Guermantes. 1 copy
Fiche de lecture Du côté de chez Swann de Marcel Proust (analyse littéraire de référence et résumé complet) (2014) 1 copy
A Raça Maldita 1 copy
Le Côté de Guermantes II 1 copy
IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME Swann's Way Within a Budding Grove The Guermantes Way Sodom and Gomorrah The Captive The… (2001) 1 copy
Kayıtsız Adam 1 copy
À La Recherche du Temps Perdu, tome 1: Du côté de Chez Swann, À L'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs 1 copy
Old Macdonald (Chunky Sound) 1 copy
Sodoma y Gomorra (A la busca del tiempo perdido, IV): (A la busca del tiempo perdido, IV) (2023) 1 copy
That Is How He Loved... 1 copy
The Gift of Fairies 1 copy
The Awareness of Loving Her 1 copy
In the Underworld 1 copy
A Captain's Reminiscence 1 copy
Pauline de S. 1 copy
La umbra fetelor în floare ☆ 1 copy
Memory & Style 1 copy
Timpul regăsit 1 copy
Fugara 1 copy
Captiva ☆☆ 1 copy
Racconti 1 copy
Captiva ☆ 1 copy
In Search Of Lost Time Volume 2: v. 2 (Everyman's Library Classics) by Marcel Proust (2001-06-29) 1 copy
A la recerca del temps perdut. vol.3, La presonera. Albertine desaperaguda. El temps retrobat (1991) 1 copy
Obras Completas, vol. II 1 copy
Quatre peintres 1 copy
W stron119 Swanna 1 copy
תענוגות וימים : וכתבים אחרים 1 copy
La parte de Guermantes (A la busca del tiempo perdido, III): (A la busca del tiempo perdido, III) (2023) 1 copy
Em busca do tempo perdiddo - Volume 1: No caminho de Swann e Á sombra das moças em flor (2002) 1 copy
À propos de Baudelaire 1 copy
A la sombra de las muchachas en flor. (A la busca del tiempo perdido, II): (A la busca del tiempo perdido, II) (2022) 1 copy
Le côté de Guermantes. Tom 1 1 copy
Les Sixante-Quinze Feuillets 1 copy
楽しみと日々 (福武文庫) 1 copy
H4.: ISodoma e Gomorra 1 copy
℗I ℗Guermantes: volume 2. 1 copy
℗[I Guermantes] ℗1 1 copy
La umbra fetelor in floare 1 copy
Hommage à Marcel Proust — Contributor — 1 copy
H4: ISodoma e Gomorra 1 copy
Tempo ritrovato (*Il *) 1 copy
Bottom Readings 1 copy
Lettere ai miei personaggi 1 copy
Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit. 7 Bände Briefe// I: In Swanns Welt/ II: Im Schatten junger… (1958) 1 copy
Swann'ların Tarafı 1 copy
Swan's Way Part Two 1 copy
Within a Budding Grove, Part 2. [In the Shadow of Young Girls] Remembrance of Things Past. Volume 3 (1949) 1 copy
In Selbstzeugnissen 1 copy
The Stranger 1 copy
Aphorisms 1 copy
Overture 1 copy
Un Amour De Swann 1 copy
Captive: 2, The 1 copy
Hledání ztraceného času II 1 copy
Hledání ztraceného času III 1 copy
Remebrance of Things Past: Swann's Way / Within a Budding Grove / the Guermantes Way -- Volume One (1934) 1 copy
Life & Work of Marcel Proust 1 copy
Correspondance, Vol 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 1 copy
all 1 copy
Lettere 1 copy
Œuvres 1 copy
Radosti a dny 1 copy
Lettres inédites 1 copy
Textes Retrouvés. Recueillis par Philip Kolb, avec un Bibliographie. Édition revue et augmentée. (1971) 1 copy
Remembrance Of Things Past. (In Search of Lost Time). Integral Version: Volume I to VII (2017) 1 copy
Un relato de Marcel Proust 1 copy
Pages choisies 1 copy
Rozkose a dni 1 copy
La vida en parís 1 copy
La muerte de las catedrales y otros textos Marcel Proust ; traducción, edición y notas, Máximo Higuera Molero (2013) 1 copy
" V poiskakh utrachennogo vremeni". (T.-1.) — Author — 1 copy
Uwięziona 1 copy
Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit (Band 5): Im Schatten junger Mädchenblüte – Im Umkreis von… (2020) 1 copy
EN BUSCA DE S MISMO 1 copy
Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit : Zweiter Band : Die Welt der Guermantes: Sodom und Gomorra 1 copy
Por el camino de Swann. En busca del tiempo perdido. Prólogo de Andrés Amorós. Traducción de Pedro Salinas. (1999) 1 copy
Venice & A Fan 1 copy
Time Regained 1 copy
Revue Europe 496-497 : Centenaire de Marcel Proust — Contributor — 1 copy
Jean Santeuil - tomo I 1 copy
Swann's Way, Cities of the Plain, Within a Budding Grove, the Past Recaptured, the Guermantes Way, the Sweet Cheat… (1970) 1 copy
Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit. Band 7: Die wiedergefundene Zeit: Reclam Bibliothek (German Edition) (2016) 1 copy
Tage des Lesens drei Essays 1 copy
Bd. 1. In Swanns Welt 1 copy
Bd. 3. Die Gefangene 1 copy
Os Parazeres e os Dias 1 copy
Pastiches. Die Lemoine-Affäre. Aus dem Französischen und mit einem Nachwort versehen von Ludwig Harig. (1969) 1 copy
La lecture est une amitié 1 copy
Ἔνας ἔρωτας τοῦ Σουάν 1 copy
Bd. 1. In Swanns Welt 1 1 copy
Remembrance of Things Past 2 Volume Set. Volume One: Swann's Way, Within a Budding Grove, the Guermantes Way.… (1932) 1 copy
På sporet af den tabte tid 1 copy
Un amour de Swann 1 copy
En Busca del Tiempo 5 1 copy
Mundo de Guermantes, El 1 copy
Alla ricerca del tempo perduto - volume I (La strada di Swann, All'ombra delle fanciulle in fiore) 1 copy
Caminho de Guermantes, O 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke: Romane Erzählungen (Vollständige deutsche Ausgaben): Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen… (2014) 1 copy
"à la recherche du temps perdu t.2 ; Sodome et Ghomorre ; la prisonnière ; la fugitive ; le temps… (2011) 1 copy
Violante ou la mondanite CD 1 copy
Saint-Loup: A Portrait 1 copy
In Search Of Lost Time, Vol 5-6: The Captive & The Fugitive — Author — 1 copy
On the Trails of Criticism 1 copy
Associated Works
Remembrance of Things Past, Part 2: Within a Budding Grove, Vol. 2 (2002) — Contributor — 143 copies
Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siècle Paris (2018) — Illustrator, some editions — 121 copies
Remembrance of Things Past, Part 2: Within a Budding Grove, Vol. 1 (2000) — Contributor — 101 copies
In Search of Lost Time: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: A Graphic Novel (2012) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Captive [2000 film] — Original book — 7 copies
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Proust, Marcel
- Legal name
- Proust, Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel
- Birthdate
- 1871-07-10
- Date of death
- 1922-11-18
- Burial location
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, France (85e division)
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Country (for map)
- France
- Birthplace
- Auteuil, France
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Cause of death
- Bronchite (Epuisement + Complication avec asthme chronique)
- Places of residence
- Auteuil, France
Paris, France - Education
- Lycée Condorcet
Ecole des Sciences Politiques (lic. 1893 - Law | lic. 1895 - Literature) - Occupations
- novelist
short story writer
translator
essayist
literary critic
librarian - Relationships
- Lange, Monique (cousin)
Gimpel, Rene (friend)
Ferval, Claude (friend) - Organizations
- Le Figaro, Journal (Rédacteur)
Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris (Bibliothécaire, 4 mois, 1895) - Short biography
- Marcel Proust was born in the Paris suburb of Auteuil. He suffered from chronic asthma from age nine. In 1882, he began attending the Lycée Condorcet, but his education was disrupted by his illness. He studied at the Ecole des Sciences Politiques, taking licences in law and in literature. In 1896, he published his first book, Les Plaisirs et les jours (Pleasures and Days), a collection of short stories, essays and poems. In 1895, he began writing an autobiographical novel, Jean Santeuil, which he never finished. He published a number of articles on Ruskin, as well as translations of two of his books, La Bible d'Amiens (1904) and Sésame et les Lys (1906). Proust died in 1922 at age 51 of pneumonia exacerbated by asthma.
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Told with reminiscence. Looking back on life’s events, which includes the family friend Charles Swann. Containing the narrator’s thoughts during the events. From times of getting into trouble and the unexpected consequences. To reading experiences and the sources of pleasure. From family life and the complexity of bonds. To falling in love and being jealous. Thoughts that contain the strategizing before an event, to get an appropriate response, and the varied results that ensue. Each event holds more than just what can be observed. Along the way is an eclectic array of information and philosophy. Thoughts on history, and the changing times. The interplay between ideas and their impact on decisions made. But what happened in the past cannot be changed, and the decisions made have to lived with. Rationalizations of the past have their limitations.
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This is a very tedious book to read, containing poor transitions between ideas. But, the book’s writing is very consistent with the subject, unfiltered thoughts. Which makes it feel authentic.… (more)