7/1/2023 0 Comments Marcel proust books in order![]() ![]() It’s not enough to be involved in the story, however. Proust invites you to experience all this through his writing. The book’s primary theme is obsessive love-between parents and children, friends and lovers, masters and servants, citizens and country. (He finished it mere months before, declaring himself ready to die once he’d penned the final words.) The seven titles published in French between 19 comprise Proust’s marginally-fictionalized autobiography, chronicling his life from childhood almost literally through to his death. At the very least, Proust will teach you to read differently than you did before turning to him. I only know that reading this work can prove as arduous and daunting as it does rewarding. I can’t tell you whether you’ll be glad you persevered as you turn those final pages. ![]() Once begun, there were moments when I wondered if I could or should finish it. ![]() I took five years to complete a first reading. From what I’ve heard, readers have much the same accept-it-or-admit-defeat attitude when it comes to Proust’s epic work. I suspect there comes a point for all serious writers when we contemplate the immensity of Marcel Proust’s masterpiece, À la recherche du temps perdu, and either compete with it or shy away completely. Text by Jeffrey Round © 2021 / Society photographs by Félix Nadar A concise reader’s guide to surviving-and enjoying-Marcel Proust’s seven-volume masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time ![]()
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