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In Search Of Lost Time is the English rendition of a famous French novel, originally written by Marcel Proust and later translated into English by Ian Patterson. Summary Of The Book In Search Of Lost Time is an English adaptation of the French novel À la recherche du temps perdu, written by Marcel Proust in the early 1900s. From the pain and sufferings of the Frenchmen during the First World War to the lives of people who changed with the changing time, this book portrays every emotion and character beautifully. This novella also describes the various feelings of the author while he was evolving into a mature man and becoming a part of the social order. In Search Of Lost Time revolves around many path breaking themes of that era, including involuntary memory. It also covers other themes like homosexuality, nature of art, and separation anxiety. Translated into English by Ian Patterson to make it available to a larger audience, this book has not lost its original essence and appeal it holds for readers. The original work was published as a series of seven novellas. After Proust’s death in the year 1922, his brother Robert assumed the responsibility of publishing Marcel’s works, and finally the seventh instalment of this novel was published in the year 1927. The novel was adapted for print, screen, stage, radio shows, and many other media formats, and received much acclaim globally. The English translation goes by the name Remembrance Of Things Past. About Marcel Proust Marcel Proust was a renowned French essayist, critic, and a prolific novelist. Apart from this book, he has authored other books in French. The titles of their English versions are Swann's Way, In the Shadow Of Young Girls In Flower, The Guermantes Way, Cities Of The Plain, The Prisoner and The Sweet Cheat Gone. Proust hailed from Auteuil, a place in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. He was an asthma patient, due to which his studies were badly affected. Despite his health issues, Proust was appointed to the French army. He started writing and publishing his works from his school days. Proust was an ardent reader of the works of some famous writers like John Ruskin, R. W. Emerson, and T. Carlyle.