In Search of Lost Time
by Marcel Proust
4,424 pages~74 hrs
“A single taste can unlock a thousand lifetimes.”
Step into the gilded salons of Belle Époque France and the deepest recesses of the human soul in this sweeping masterpiece of memory and desire. Triggered by the simple taste of a madeleine, this immersive odyssey reveals how the smallest sensations can reclaim a lifetime of lost love and social intrigue.
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