Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
In Search of Lost Time, published between 1913 and 1927, runs to 7 volumes, 3,200 pages, and 1.5 million words. Marcel Proust turns the novel inward, toward the private world of thoughts and sensations. He puts involuntary memory, a memory set off by a sensation such as a taste or a smell, at the center of the story.
Time is no longer a backdrop. It becomes the main character of a metaphysical adventure, a long reflection on the nature of time and memory. Proust shows how the past survives inside us, hidden in our senses. Reading the Recherche means accepting a slow pace, built from tiny details that suddenly open onto whole worlds.
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- 2Proust and the cork-lined room
- 3The madeleine and the living memory
- 4Love, jealousy, and snobbery
- 5Time regained through art
Open-book quiz10 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary8 terms explained in a tap.
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