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In Search of Lost Time, Volume VI: Time Regained (A Modern Library E-Book)

In this concluding volume of the seven-part series, the protagonist, Marcel, reflects on his past and the nature of time. The novel is renowned for its intricate prose and exploration of memory, love, and art. Published in 1927, it is considered a cornerstone of modern literature. more

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Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust was a French novelist renowned for his magnum opus, 'In Search of Lost Time'. This novel is considered a classic of 20th-century literature, known for its intricate psychological portrayals and profound exploration of memory. more

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“I have a hundred times heard him say, that all ages and nations have represented their gods as wicked, in a constantly increasing progression; that mankind have gone on adding trait after trait till they reached the most perfect conception of wickedness which the human mind could devise, and have called this God, and prostrated themselves before it.”

“A thing there was that mattered; a thing, wreathed about with chatter, defaced, obscured in her own life, let drop every day in corruption, lies, chatter. This he had preserved. Death was defiance. Death was an attempt to communicate; people feeling the impossibility of reaching the centre which, mystically, evaded them; closeness drew apart; rapture faded, one was alone. There was an embrace in death.”

“The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.”