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'''Marcel Proust''' ([[1871]]-[[1922]]) was a French novelist, best known for his mammoth work ''A Remembrance of Things Past.''
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'''Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust''' was a [[France|French]] novellist. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}})  


At some point, Proust had a relationship with [[Jack Harkness]], but it didn't last. ([[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'')
== Biography ==
Proust, who was homosexual, was one of the first European novelists to treat homosexuality openly and at length.
Proust wrote ''[[À la recherche du temps perdu]]''. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Muse of Fire (audio story)}})


His life and family circle changed considerably between 1900 and 1905. In February 1903, Proust's brother Robert married and left the family home. His father died in September of the same year. Finally, and most crushingly, Proust's beloved mother died in September 1905, leaving him a considerable inheritance. (In today's terms, a principal of about $6 million, with a monthly income of about $15,000.) His health throughout this period continued to deteriorate.
At some point, Proust had a relationship with [[Jack Harkness]], but it did not last. Jack thought that he was immature. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dead Man Walking (TV story)}})


Proust spent the last three years of his life largely confined to his cork-lined bedroom, sleeping during the day and working at night to complete his novel. He died in 1922 and is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
In [[1913]], the [[Sixth Doctor]] encountered Marcel Proust in a hotel in [[Ostend]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Year of the Pig (audio story)}})
 
The [[War Doctor]] introduced [[The Squire (The Then and the Now)|the Squire]] to the prose of Proust. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Then and the Now (comic story)}})
 
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Latest revision as of 00:31, 24 August 2024

Marcel Proust

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novellist. (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Proust wrote À la recherche du temps perdu. (AUDIO: Muse of Fire [+]Loading...["Muse of Fire (audio story)"])

At some point, Proust had a relationship with Jack Harkness, but it did not last. Jack thought that he was immature. (TV: Dead Man Walking [+]Loading...["Dead Man Walking (TV story)"])

In 1913, the Sixth Doctor encountered Marcel Proust in a hotel in Ostend. (AUDIO: Year of the Pig [+]Loading...["Year of the Pig (audio story)"])

The War Doctor introduced the Squire to the prose of Proust. (COMIC: The Then and the Now [+]Loading...["The Then and the Now (comic story)"])