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In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
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Description for In Search of Lost Time
Paperback. Recalling his initiation into the dazzling world of Parisian high society and looking back over his time in the glamorous salons of the aristocracy, the narrator satirises this shallow world and his own youthful infatuation with it. His observations also educates him in the volatile nature of desire as he walks the path towards adulthood. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D.J. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 500.
THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION
In The Guermantes Way Proust's narrator recalls his initiation into the dazzling world of Parisian high society. Looking back over his time in the glamorous salons of the aristocracy, he satirises this shallow world and his own youthful infatuation with it. His observations, and his experiences with his lover Albertine, also educate him in the volatile nature of desire as he walks the path towards adulthood.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099362418
SKU
V9780099362418
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99-97
About Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust was born in Auteuil in 1871. In his twenties he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. After 1889, however, his suffering from chronic asthma, the death of his parents and his growing disillustionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. He slept by day and worked by ... Read more
Reviews for In Search of Lost Time
A version that wonderfully proves the greatness of this novel, this novelist
Melvyn Bragg
Guardian
What a genius! Whole pages cascade, like great jazz slaloms
Bill Nighy
The Times
One of the cornerstones of the Western literary canon
The Times
It's a novel with zero plot, but the narrator's brilliant analyses of ... Read more
Melvyn Bragg
Guardian
What a genius! Whole pages cascade, like great jazz slaloms
Bill Nighy
The Times
One of the cornerstones of the Western literary canon
The Times
It's a novel with zero plot, but the narrator's brilliant analyses of ... Read more