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Author : Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust was a renowned French novelist, celebrated for his monumental work, *À la recherche du temps perdu* (In Search of Lost Time), a pseudobiographical novel renowned for its intricate stream-of-consciousness style spanning nearly 3,000 pages. Born during the early years of the Third Republic, Proust grew up as a sensitive child in a bourgeois family. He initially flourished within the vibrant Parisian high society of the late 19th century, frequenting the most fashionable salons, yet often felt like an outsider due to his Jewish heritage and homosexuality. As the years progressed, he increasingly retreated from social life, choosing to work mostly at night, a habit compounded by his struggle with severe asthma and a profound fear of death before completing his magnum opus. After overcoming initial publishing challenges, the first volume was released in 1913, and Proust devoted himself obsessively to his work until his death in 1922, at the age of 51. Today, he is hailed as one of the 20th century's greatest authors, with *À la recherche du temps perdu* recognized as a seminal achievement in modern literature.