Jean Santeuil

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Marcel Proust, renowned primarily for his extensive cycle "In Search of Lost Time," wrote this novel intermittently between 1895 and 1901. The manuscript was discovered several decades after the author's death and was first arranged and published in 1952. Young Proust left this work unfinished, and some sections were later used as the foundation for certain passages in his monumental multi-volume masterpiece. The book serves not only as a remarkable depiction of the maturation of a young protagonist with autobiographical traits but also offers an intriguing insight into the author's own literary development.