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Proust and the meaning of life

What did life mean to Marcel Proust? This short and thought-provoking video offers a few insights.

How to read Proust ?

In Search of Lost Time may appear daunting at first, but Proust’s writing is far from inaccessible. Here are some excellent tips for approaching the novel.

In Search of Lost Time

All the seven volumes online, translated from the French by C. K. Scott Moncrieff.

Proust curious

A podcast about the experience of reading A la Recherche du temps perdu — all seven volumes.

Proustian Paths

A podcast that offers you different routes through Marcel Proust’s work.

A literary legend

An interesting report showing familiar paintings and objects belonging to Marcel Proust.

Marcel Proust : portrait-souvenir (1962). In french.

This landmark documentary by Roger Stéphane, made in 1962, brought together Proust’s last friends and earliest admirers — Jean Cocteau, Paul Morand, Emmanuel Berl, Daniel Halévy, François Mauriac, and above all Céleste Albaret. A treasure!