Jealousy

Marcel Proust was born in Auteuil in 1871 In his twenties he became a conspicuous society figure frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day After 1899 however his suffering from chronic asthma the death of his parents and his growing disillusionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life He slept by day and worked by night writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of ltigtA la recherche du temps perdultigt He died in 1922 before publication of th