(40-42) 　　Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is one of the greatest French writers. He is famousfor his great book À la Recherche du Temps Perdu, which means “remembering thepast.” 　　In this book, Proust writes many stories of rich but unhappy people. These richpeople think they should be well liked or loved. When they learn that they are not aspopular as they think, they feel sad and try hard to be important in the eyes of others.That is why they always feel troubled and can never really enjoy their lives. 　　In contrast to the lives of those people in his book, the last fifteen years ofProust’s life shows one can still find joy in hard times. During those years, he wasvery sick and had to stay in bed most of the time. But in his sickroom he found mostjoy in writing À la Recherche du Temps Perdu and ended up being a great writerbecause of the book.
40. What can we learn about Proust from this reading?
(A) He became poor and sick because of writing.
(B) He got a lot of pleasure from writing in his later life.
(C) He often wrote about how people get stronger in hard times.
(D) He started writing À la Recherche du Temps Perdu when he was fifteen.