The oblivion is that of the great novel’s first protagonist, Charles Swann. But not so callous as the actions of Swann’s daughter, Gilberte. Swann had ceased to love Odette at the time he married her. He married for his daughter’s sake, to provide her a comfortable home and a respectable name.

Charles Swann, fictional character, the leading figure in Marcel Proust’s multivolume novel Remembrance of Things Past (1913–27; also published as In Search of Lost Time). …

“Swann’s Way” was finished in 1912 and first published in 1913. The publisher submitted it to a writing contest, but it didn’t win. “Swann’s Way” was written originally in French. The first English translation appeared in 1922 (the year of Proust’s death).

Proust grew up to become a world famous novelist, essayist and critic. He is best known for his epic work, À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time). Proust’s childhood was marked with the beginning of chronic asthma attacks which continued throughout his life.

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Agatha Christie book is the world’s thickest. A book with a collection of all of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple stories is recognised by the Guinness World Records as the thickest book published. More than a foot thick, the 4,032-pages book weighs 8.04kg, and has 12 novels and 20 short stories.

Agra: A book in English on the Buddha’s life by Dr B R Ambedkar, which was translated into Hindi and etched into a stainless steel tome weighing a whopping 2,000 kg, was on Wednesday inaugurated at a public event at the GIC ground in Agra.

Psalms is the longest book in the Bible according to the number of verses.

Obedience is the first law of heaven, the cornerstone upon which all righteousness and progression rest. It consists in compliance with divine law, in conformity to the mind and will of Deity, in complete subjection to God and his commands.