Key points on Remembrance of things past by Marcel Proust
1. Remembrance of things past by Marcel Proust is a french novelist and literary critic who lived from July 10, 1871 till Nov 18, 1922. 2. The essay opens up with the Celtic idea that souls of the dead are trapped in objects, plants and animals. They are released outside when humans come in contact with the right objects. 3. Our memory of the past resides deep behind our conscious thoughts. It only comes outside during accidental events not by deliberate efforts. 4. Sensations play a key role in awakening these memories. When people make a suitable contact with these materials objects, sensations arises. 5. The narrator, tries to remember his own memory in a place called Combray but fails in it. 6. One evening, he returns home and is offered Madeleine cakes and a cup of tea by his mother. After consuming it, he feels a new sensation that is intense and ecstatic. 7. He feels so much pleasure but cannot find its origin. He feels high, timel...