In Search of Lost Time

In Search of Lost Time (a translation of the original À la recherche du temps perdu) is a 3,000+ page novel in seven books (recently published in six volumes), by French writer Marcel Proust, originally published between 1913 and 1927.

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Novel - French - Marcel Proust - 1913 - 1927

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In Search of Lost Time is considered to be one of the major works of literature of any period. Previous English translations used the Shakespearean phrase Remembrance of Things Past (taken from Sonnet 30) as the title, despite Proust's exhortations to the contrary.

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Shakespeare - Sonnet 30

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The novels were famously sent up in a Monty Python sketch called "The All-England Summarise Proust Competition".

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