Marcel Proust

Reissued with a new preface to commemorate the first publication of *À la recherche du temps perdu* one hundred years ago, *Marcel Proust* portrays in abundant detail the extraordinary life and times of one of the greatest literary voices of the twentieth century. 

“An impeccably researched and well-paced narrative that brings vividly and credibly to life not only the writer himself but also the changing world he knew.”—Roger Pearson, *New York Times Book Review*

“William C. Carter is Proust’s definitive biographer.”—Harold Bloom  

Named a Notable Book of 2000 by the *New York Times Book Review*