Proust
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Joseph Louis 1754–1826, French chemist.
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Marcel 1871–1922, French novelist.
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Joseph Louis (ʒozɛf lwi). 1754–1826, French chemist, who formulated the law of constant proportions
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Marcel (marsɛl). 1871–1922, French novelist whose long novel À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27) deals with the relationship of the narrator to themes such as art, time, memory, and society
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The taste of a madeleine famously sent French writer Marcel Proust back into vivid memories of childhood.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
But that’s when Les Bleus tapped into the same French patience that gave the world art house cinema, endless summer lunches, and the collected works of Marcel Proust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
There’s documented marginalia and scribblings that suggest a serious reader, and anecdotes about her reciting poems at parties, reading Proust on set, and expounding on Whitman, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
A homage to the novelist Marcel Proust, the hotel features sumptuous spaces that conjure the Belle Époque and in them you’ll discover objects linked to the hotel’s namesake, including an autographed copy of “Swann’s Way.”
From New York Times ● May 7, 2024
I was looking for the tomb of a famous writer—Marcel Proust, I think, or maybe George Sand.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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