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Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust was born in Paris in 1871. His family belonged to the wealthy upper middle class, and Proust began frequenting aristocratic salons at a young age. Leading the life of a society dilettante, he met numerous artists and writers. He wrote articles, poems, and short stories (collected as Les Plaisirs et les Jours), as well as pastiches and essays (collected as Pastiches et Mélanges) and translated John Ruskin's Bible of Amiens. He then went on to write novels. He died in 1922.

Personality Profile For Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust

The following is a personality profile of Marcel Proust based on his work.

Marcel Proust is shrewd.

He is laid-back, he appreciates a relaxed pace in life. He is proud as well: he holds himself in high regard, satisfied with who he is. But, Marcel Proust is also compromising: he is comfortable using every trick in the book to get what he wants.

More than most people, his choices are driven by a desire for revelry.

Considers helping others to guide a large part of what he does: he thinks it is important to take care of the people around him. He is also relatively unconcerned with tradition: he cares more about making his own path than following what others have done.


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