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Marcel Proust was a French novelist who is best known for his seven-volume work, *À la recherche du temps perdu* (In Search of Lost Time).
* Proust was born in Paris in 1871 and died in 1922.
* He was a member of a wealthy and cultured family.
* Proust suffered from asthma and spent much of his life in isolation.
* He began writing *À la recherche du temps perdu* in 1909 and worked on it until his death.
* The novel was published in installments from 1913 to 1927.
* *À la recherche du temps perdu* is considered one of the greatest novels ever written.
* It is a complex and multi-layered work that explores themes of memory, time, and love.
* Proust's work has had a profound influence on modern literature.
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
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