Remembrance to Come
Publication(s)
Orbit 6, 1970.
Summary
In a near future, where humanity lives mostly underground, a college professor named David P. Paramore is being haunted by an ominous presence. Or maybe not...
Analysis
The entire story seems to be a dream, in which the protagonist finds himself older and fundamentally unhappy, causing him to give up on the intention of becoming a teacher.
The literature lessons are about "In Search of Lost Time", a 7-volume opus by Marcel Proust, also known as "Remembrance of time past".