Marcel Proust vs. Victor Hugo
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Marcel Proust
1871 – 1922
Literature
France
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps perdu, which was published in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century.
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"Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us."
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Victor Hugo
1802 – 1885
Literature
Brazil
French Romanticism
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
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"What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars …"
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