# Marcel — In Search of Lost Time character guide

> Marcel in In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Unknown, myself, me

**First appearance:** 0003-overture

## Who they are

The narrator and protagonist, a sensitive young man obsessed with memory, love, and art.

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