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ⓘ About Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust was a published French author. He was born on July 10, 1871 and passed away on November 18, 1922. Marcel was a French novelist and many know him today for his 3,000 page novel Remembrance of Things Past, also known as In Search of Lost Time. It was a somewhat autobiographical novel that was told to the reader in a stream of consciousness style. Young Marcel was born in the first year of the Third Republic. Just like the narrator in his writing, Marcel was a ‘delicate’ child who came from a bourgeois family. Marcel was active in Parisian high society during the eighties and the nineties, and was a welcome figure to many of the most exclusive and fashionable salons of his day.
All Book Series by Marcel Proust
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower / Within a Budding Grove
Book 3 of 8 · published 1913
The Fugitive / Albertine Gone / The Sweet Cheat Gone
Book 7 of 8 · published 1925
Time Regained / The Past Recaptured / Finding Time Again
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 1927
Pleasures and Days / Pleasures and Regrets
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1896 Co-authored · A.N. Wilson,Andrew Brown
The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust
Book 2 of 4 · published 2001 Co-authored · Joachim Neugroschel
The Mysterious Correspondent
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2021
Letters of Marcel Proust
Book 4 of 13 · published 1949 Co-authored · Mina Curtiss,Philip Kolb
Selected Letters, Vol. 2: 1904-1909
Book 10 of 13 · published 1989 Co-authored · Terence Kilmartin,Philip Kolb
Against Sainte-Beuve and Other Essays
Book 11 of 13 · published 1994 Co-authored · John Sturrock
Letters to the Lady Upstairs / Letters to His Neighbor
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2013 Co-authored · Lydia Davis
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Marcel Proust?
Marcel Proust was a published French author. He was born on July 10, 1871 and passed away on November 18, 1922. Marcel was a French novelist and many know him today for his 3,000 page novel Remembrance of Things Past, also known as In Search of Lost Time.
Which Marcel Proust series should I start with?
The best place to start is the In Search of Lost Time series, the earliest of Marcel Proust's multi-book series: it opens with The Way by Swann's / Swann's Way (1913) and runs to 8 books across 1913–1927, ending with Time Regained / The Past Recaptured / Finding Time Again (1927).
How many books has Marcel Proust written?
Marcel Proust has 29 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1896 and 2021. 9 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the In Search of Lost Time series with 8 books — and 20 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Marcel Proust's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Marcel Proust's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are In Search of Lost Time (1913–1927, 8 books) and Marcel Proust's Poems (1989, 1 book).
How are Marcel Proust's books organised into series?
This guide splits Marcel Proust's 29 books into 2 named series and 20 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: In Search of Lost Time (8 books, 1913–1927); Marcel Proust's Poems (1 book, 1989).