Maison Proust restores the splendour of Parisian salons in the Belle Epoque, in keeping with his masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past.

Both a literary genius and myth, Marcel Proust (1871–1922) remains one of the most famous writers in the world, thanks to his monumental masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past.

Made up of seven volumes published between 1913 and 1927, this literary monument remains one of the most commented works of our time. Through essays, articles, publications, and colloquiums, Proust amateurs and academics examine, analyse, pore over, and endlessly comment on this “cathedral of words” on memory and oblivion, love and death, beauty, and time which passes, is lost, and found again. Themes from a universal book which will always raise questions, move and challenge us about our most intimate emotions.

The Marais is a historic neighbourhood famous for its many private townhouses built in the 17th century, the still glorious residences of Parisian nobility and upper class. Some have been turned into museums or cultural institutions, such as the Picasso Museum and Musée Carnavalet, the Hôtel de Sully and Hôtel de Guénégaud, etc.

Over time, the Marais has become the capital’s most lively, trendy neighbourhood. It is particularly renowned for the Marché des Enfants Rouges, the city’s oldest covered market, its cutting-edge fashion boutiques, retro clothing and antique dealers, and art galleries – now also for the Maison Proust Hotel.

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