This article is taken from the
Figaro Hors-série “Marcel Proust, the mirror of our days”.
On the occasion of the centenary of his death, discover in this sumptuously illustrated tribute issue the life of the famous author of In
Search of Lost Time
, his sharp gaze on the great world, the deciphering of his works, the psychological portrait of his characters…
Marcel Proust Le Figaro
Contrary to a legend rooted in the minds of his followers, and which is only growing, Marcel Proust rarely frequented the aristocratic families of his time for the good reason that he could not be received there, as he could not belong to one of those circles requiring indisputable worldly references or illustrious sponsorships to be admitted.
It is therefore completely wrong to see in him the Saint-Simon of the Third Republic, when he described a fictitious society, invented for the needs of his work, but supported by true facts, traits reported by friends, most of whom also frequented a more…
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