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Definition of proust, marcel - 2 dictionary results
Proust   (prōōst)   
French writer whose seven-part novel Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927) is among the great works of modern literature.
Proust'i·an adj.
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Proust, Marcel [(proohst)]

A French author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, best known for a series of novels called Remembrance of Things Past. Proust's writing explores the influence of past experience on present reality.

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