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Jean Santeuil

novel by Proust
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Jean Santeuil is an unfinished autobiographical novel by Marcel Proust, written between 1895 and 1899. Though it foreshadows his later masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time, Jean Santeuil was ultimately abandoned by Proust. This novel explored themes that would later be developed in his more famous work, including the nature of memory and the search for meaning in life. Proust's decision to set aside Jean Santeuil was influenced by his discovery of John Ruskin's art criticism, which led him to seek a new artistic revelation and eventually begin his magnum opus.12

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