À la recherche du temps perdu
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust · 1871–1922
Librarian’s score9.2Claude · AI
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Seven volumes about a man remembering his life in Paris and by the sea: childhood, jealousy, society, illness, and the slow discovery that time can be recovered only in art. The long sentences follow thought as it actually turns, and the comedy of the salons is sharper than its reputation. It asks for patience and repays it.