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  2. His father died in November of the same year. Finally, and most crushingly, Proust's beloved mother died in September 1905. She left him a considerable inheritance. His health throughout this period continued to deteriorate.

  3. May 21, 2024 · Proust died in Paris of pneumonia, succumbing to a weakness of the lungs that many had mistaken for a form of hypochondria and struggling to the last with the revision of La Prisonnière (The Captive).

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  5. Nov 20, 2009 · Thu 19 Nov 2009 19.05 EST. (From our Correspondent.) PARIS, SUNDAY. Marcel Proust, foremost of "young novelists" of France, died yesterday. He was fifty years old and had been in poor health...

  6. On November 18, 1922, Proust died of bronchitis and pneumonia (diseases of the lungs) contracted after a series of asthma attacks. The final volumes of his novel appeared under the direction of his brother Robert.

  7. Proust died before he was able to complete his revision of the drafts and proofs of the last volumes, the last three of which were published posthumously and edited by his brother, Robert. Plot summary and themes

  8. Marcel Proust, oil painting by Jacques-Émile Blanche; in a private collection. Marcel Proust, (born July 10, 1871, Auteuil, near Paris, France—died Nov. 18, 1922, Paris), French novelist. Born to a wealthy family, he studied law and literature. His social connections allowed him to become an observant habitué of the most exclusive drawing ...

  9. Aug 15, 2022 · Marcel Proust's groundbreaking 1922 masterpiece In Search of Lost Time is considered daunting and difficult by many, but has been misunderstood and is actually universally appealing, writes Cath ...

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