Chapter 1
The eccentric life of Marcel Proust
Chapter 2
The magic of involuntary memory
Chapter 3
In search of lost time
Chapter 4
The philosophy of art and the Proust Questionnaire
YOUR GOAL
Master of The world of Marcel Proust
Ch 3 · In search of lost time
schopenhauer In Search of Lost Time
Through nine million characters, we are finding lost time!
schopenhauer Proust had to pay out of his own pocket to publish the first volume after multiple publishers rejected it as too long and boring.
schopenhauer The novel tracks the narrator's life from childhood anxieties to his ultimate realization of his artistic calling in old age.
BETA
schopenhauer Match sensory triggers to memories to discover how Proust unlocked the secrets of lost time.
Fun Fact
Proust's longest sentence: One of Marcel Proust's sentences in his novel contains an astonishing 958 words, stretching over multiple pages.
Glossary
madeleine (noun)
A small, shell-shaped sponge cake of French origin. In the novel's first volume, published in 1913, the cake evokes the narrator's childhood memories of Combray.
A small, shell-shaped sponge cake of French origin. In the novel's first volume, published in 1913, the cake evokes the narrator's childhood memories of Combray.
Quiz
Which prestigious French literary prize did Marcel Proust win in 1919 for his second volume, bringing him overnight fame?
Quiz
Approximately how many words are there in Marcel Proust's *In Search of Lost Time*, making it the longest novel?
Quiz
What did a famous publisher's reader complain about when rejecting Marcel Proust's draft?
Quiz
Why did Marcel Proust have to self-publish the first volume of his masterpiece in 1913?