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Which volumes of In Search of Lost Time were published after Marcel Proustâs death?
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Marcel Proust
French author Marcel Proust wrote what is considered one of the supreme achievements of modern fiction, the seven-part autobiographical novel Ă la recherche du temps perdu (1913â27; In Search of Lost Time).
The last three volumes of In Search of Lost Time were published posthumously, following the death of Marcel Proust in 1922. These works were released in an advanced but not final stage of revision:12
- La Prisonni\u00e8re (The Captive), published in 1923.12
- Albertine disparue (The Fugitive or The Sweet Cheat Gone), published in 1925.12
- Le Temps retrouv\u00e9 (Time Regained), published in 1927.12