{"product_id":"paperblanks-proust-in-search-of-lost-time-mini-hardback-journal-plain-176-pages-pb4395-9","title":"Paperblanks Proust, In Search of Lost Time Mini Hardback Journal – Plain, 176 Pages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapture your ideas, plans and memories in this Proust, In Search of Lost Time mini hardback journal from Paperblanks, with 176 plain pages of 85 gsm acid-free paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Search of Lost Time,\u003c\/em\u003e Marcel Proust’s seven-volume masterpiece, is an examination of French society that almost completely lacks any sense of plot. Needless to say, it caused a sensation when it was first published in 1913. This journal cover shows a page from Proust’s lined notebook with copious notes in the margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho can resist an ambition as big as the ocean, an ego as big as the sky and a talent to match? Such was the case with Marcel Proust, the French novelist, critic and essayist who gave us the titanic, seven-volume novel \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Lost Time.\u003c\/em\u003e Released to both critical acclaim and utter confusion, many in the reading public were initially resistant to Marcel Proust’s outsized gifts. However, the true genius of his work eventually became apparent and this, his masterpiece, has found its way into the canon of the great works of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn Valentine Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (1871–1922), the author was a study in contrasts. When he wasn’t praising himself to the heavens, he was calling himself a “flea” and characterising his writing as “indigestible nougat.” The work reproduced on this cover caused a sensation when the first part was published in 1913. By the time all seven volumes were printed, it totalled over one million words and largely lacked a plot. An examination of French society, the novel followed a theme of searching for causes behind losses of time, while also exploring deceit, jealousy and suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike his fellow countryman Honouré de Balzac, Proust was a perfectionist and known to revise his proofs over and over. Our cover, with its margins filled with copious notes, shows his constant revisions of page thirty-five of his lined notebook. In fact, he completely rewrote half this first volume four times before finding satisfaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter publishing the first volume, Proust continued to work on \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/em\u003e for the rest of his life. When his final illness in the autumn of 1922 forced him to put down the pen, his brother Robert took to editing and compiling the remaining passages and the rest of the volumes were published by 1927.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, the novel is often placed on lists of “greatest books ever written,” while at the same time being far too overwhelming for most readers to actually finish. It remains notable for being one of the longest and most famous works of literature. 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