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On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

On Translating Proust and the Art of Not Reading Ahead

“It is a bummer to me that Proust occupies such a rarefied, even elitist, realm in the culture.”

By Bryan Alistair Charles | October 7, 2025

In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

In Search of a Time Lost: A Selection of Proust’s Letters Translated by Lydia Davis

Three Missives from Marcel and Reflections on the World in Which He Composed Them

By Literary Hub | November 6, 2024

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

Aditi Machado on the Literary Power of Food Descriptions

By Aditi Machado | October 21, 2024

Campus Repression and Remixing Proust (lol): This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Campus Repression and Remixing Proust (lol): This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Huda Fakhreddine Talks to Dan Sheehan and More

By The Lit Hub Podcast | September 20, 2024

Meet the writer who added “lol” to the end of every sentence of <em>In Search of Lost Time.</em>

Meet the writer who added “lol” to the end of every sentence of In Search of Lost Time.

By James Folta | September 17, 2024

Was Marcel Proust A Comedian? On the Unexpected Humor of <em>In Search of Lost Time</em>

Was Marcel Proust A Comedian? On the Unexpected Humor of In Search of Lost Time

Michael Wood Considers an Overlooked Aspect of the French Novelist's Body of Work

By Michael Wood | August 25, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Jeremy Strong's book list is perfect for reading atop a bluff in strong and moody winds.

By Janet Manley | February 22, 2023

Reading Proust in a Black and White World

By Catherine Nichols | August 23, 2022

On Finally Being Old Enough
to Love Proust

By Adam Bonislawski | August 25, 2021

A new Marcel Proust manuscript has been discovered—and you can read part of it right now.

A new Marcel Proust manuscript has been discovered—and you can read part of it right now.

By Walker Caplan | July 7, 2021

Who is the Narrator of Marcel Proust's <em>In Search of Lost Time</em>?

Who is the Narrator of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time?

Saul Friedländer on the Many Functions of the Most Elusive
Figure in French Literature

By Saul Friedländer | December 15, 2020

To Read or Not to Read Proust's <em>Swann's Way</em>

To Read or Not to Read Proust's Swann's Way

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | December 14, 2020

Celebrate Marcel Proust's birthday by baking these

Celebrate Marcel Proust's birthday by baking these "very gay" madeleines.

By Dan Sheehan | July 10, 2020

On <em>Orlando</em>, and Virginia Woolf's Defiance of Time

On Orlando, and Virginia Woolf's Defiance of Time

“Memory is the seamstress” of our inner lives, “and a
capricious one at that.”

By Theodore Martin | June 25, 2020

On the Anxiety and Vanity of Marcel Proust, Debut Novelist

On the Anxiety and Vanity of Marcel Proust, Debut Novelist

World Wars Aren't Necessarily Bad for Groundbreaking Novel Cycles

By William C. Carter | February 7, 2019

Marcel Proust Was Almost Impossible to Edit

Marcel Proust Was Almost Impossible to Edit

Carol Clark on the Challenges of Editing and Translating The Prisoner

By Carol Clark | January 8, 2019

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