In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust is a monumental novel that spans seven volumes and explores the narrator's reflections on his life, memories, and society in late 19th and early 20th-century France. The novel is renowned for its intricate prose style and profound exploration of themes such as memory, time, love, art, and human experience.

The narrative is largely autobiographical, following the unnamed narrator (often considered a fictionalized version of Proust himself) as he recalls his childhood in Combray, his adolescence and early adulthood in Parisian high society, and his reflections on love, relationships, and the passage of time.