M. Proust (1871-1922) occupies an extremely important position in the history of French literature and even in the history of world literature. In his creation, Proust has carried out a ""converse Copernican revolution"": human spirits are once again placed in the center of the world and the novel is aimed to describe the spiritual reflection and the distorted world. Proust has changed the traditional concept of the novel and it also has exerted profound influence on the emergency of new novel schools in future.Marcel Proust's Time Regained is reckoned as an epoch-making masterpiece. It is one of the most important novels in world literature of the 20th century, and it is jointly named as the peak of stream of consciousness novel with Ulysses. By taking advantage of potential consciousness beyond time and space, the book represents those past days in its fresh and unique artistic writing. The author expresses his endless reminiscence towards old friends and past events and also his haunting disconsolation. According to Andre Maurois, ""Proust's simple, individual and regional description has lightened the passion worldwide. This is the most beautiful thing as well as the fairest sight in the world. Just as a great philosopher takes a point of view to summarize all the views, a great novelist takes a person's life and some most common things to represent all people's lives in his writing."" Marcel Proust's Time Regained (The Fourth Volume: Sodom and Gomorrah) (Fine) is the fourth volume of Marcel Proust's Time Regained, and it is translated by Xu Hejin.
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