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Remembrance of Things Past

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noun

  1. a novel (1913–27) by Marcel Proust.


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In Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, the narrator is told by Swann that if he moved to a paradise island he would forget all about Paris.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2017

I decided to reverse-engineer Proust's madeleine, using hints the author gives in Remembrance of Things Past, in an effort to find out.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2013

Time Regained, an elegant and endearing adaptation of the final volume of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, came out in 1999.

From Time • Aug. 22, 2011

Eco viewed the project as the inverse of Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past," in which memory propels the narrative.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2005

Born Françoise Quoirez, she took her pen name from a character in Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.

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