Proust


 * Valentin Louis Georges Eugene Marcel Proust born 10 July 1871 in Auteuil, Paris, France and died of pneumonia and a pulmonary abscess in 18 November 1922. Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his seven part novel A La Recherche du Temps Perdu or translated to In Search of Lost Time. This novel published between 1913 and 1927 made him considered one of the best authors of all time. **
 * Proust most famous work was Remembrance of Things Past,also known as In Search of Lost Time. Beginning in 1909 Proust wrote this novel when he was 38 years old. It contains seven volumes which contain around 3,200 pages and about 4,300 in The Modern Library’s translation. Proust worked on it until later when he finally died in 1922. The last three of seven volumes were incomplete and fragmented by his brother Robert who helped to clean it up and finish it. This novel featured more than 2,000 characters. In Search of Lost Time is known as one of the best fiction novels of all time. Between the years 1922 and 1931, the book was translated into English by C.K. Scott Moncrieff. Until 1931 the book appeared under the title of Remembrance of Things Past. When Moncrieff’s translation was revised by Terence kilmartin and D.J. Enright the title was changed to In Search of Lost Time. **
 * Proust and his great works of literature impacted the world because his powerful words and thoughts are so powerful. Proust wrote in In Search of Lost Time, “Our worst fears, like our greatest hopes, are not outside our powers, and we can come in the end to triumph over the former and to achieve the latter.” Words of wisdom like this from his book make you think hard, it's like every sentence is a piece of poetry. In this quote he is saying you can overcome your fears no matter what because you control your own fears just like you control your hopes and dreams, you are in control of your life and you achieve anything. Proust’s amazing work helps people by granting them wise advice. Proust is so important to the world because he gave them the most fantastic fiction ever. **