Marcel Proust
10-Jul-1871
France
Novelist
Marcel Proust or Valentin Loius Eugene Marcel Proust was a French essayist, novelist and critic, better known for his phenomenal work in ‘A la recherché temps perdu’ (In Search of lost time). The novel was pseudo autobiographical in nature, narrated in a stream-of-conscious style. Marcel Proust released several volumes of this novel as ‘Swann’s way’ and ‘Within a Budding grove’ and many more. He is considered as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century by the English critics. He was an active member of the Parisian High society but started withdrawing himself from socializing due to his homosexuality and religion (as he was a Jew). His devoted a lot of his writing highlighting the absurdity and anomaly of human behavior coupled with an element of humor in them. We have curated some of the most famous Marcel Proust quotes from his writings, observations and his life. Here is a collection of Marcel Proust quotes on adultery, art, belief, books, character, death, desire, dreams, earth, emotions, fashion, friendship, giving, grief, happiness, history, life, learning, Inspirational, joy, knowledge, philosophy, and much more.