# Is the Narrator of "Remembrance" Proust?

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**Created:** [December 11, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-narrator-of-remembrance-proust/740163 "2015-12-11T14:44:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-narrator-of-remembrance-proust/740163/1 "2015-12-11T14:44:46Z")

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_Remembrance of Things Past_, _À la recherche du temps perdu_, is not a memoir but rather a work of fiction, right? So, is the narrator

• the author, Marcel Proust (á la Kinsella in _Shoeless Joe_)?  
• an unnamed fictional character?  
• a fictional character who happens to be named Marcel Proust but otherwise bears no relationship to the author?

I’ve covered all the bases I can think of. Let me know if I’ve missed it completely.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-narrator-of-remembrance-proust/740163/2 "2015-12-11T15:04:16Z")

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Yes.

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**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-narrator-of-remembrance-proust/740163/3 "2015-12-12T22:55:23Z")

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OK, thanks!

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-narrator-of-remembrance-proust/740163/4 "2015-12-12T23:23:11Z")

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I always thought of it as pseudo-autobiographical.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-narrator-of-remembrance-proust/740163/5 "2015-12-13T00:39:35Z")

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“Remembrance Proust” sounds like a great character name.