In Search of Lost Time · Marcel Proust · 1,500,000 words · Day 1 — started March 14, 2026
1,500,000 words dictated.
3,200,000 lines of code.
He had a pen. You have a microphone.
Marcel Proust
1871 – 1922 13 years of writing
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Marcel Proust
Started
March 14, 2026
1909
Finishes
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November 18, 1922 †
Duration
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13 years
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~316 words / day
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A side note
These 405,500 words were dictated out loud — not typed.
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