Mark Treharne (translator) taught French at the University of Warwick and has since worked as a translator. He slept by day and worked by night, writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of In Search of Lost Time. There he insulated himself against the distractions of city life and the effects of trees and flowers-though he loved them, they brought on his attacks of asthma. From 1907 on, he rarely emerged from a cork-lined room in his apartment on boulevard Haussmann. After 1899, however, his chronic asthma, the death of his parents, and his growing disillusionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. In his twenties, following a year in the army, he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. Marcel Proust (1871–1922) was born in Auteuil, France.
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