MARCEL PROUST'S SEARCH FOR LOST TIME

The background to Marcel Proust and his great novel

For thirteen years, between 1909 and 1922, Marcel Proust locked himself in his apartment and wrote what is probably the longest novel ever written, 'A la Recherche du Temps Perdu' (In Search of Lost Time.)

Generally accepted as one the greatest novels in literature it was immediately translated into most major languages. Unfortunately, partly because of its length, it is seldom read today and has a reputation for being 'difficult' and for being too serious or boring.