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THE CAPTIVE; THE FUGITIVE: In Search of Lost Time Volume 5
Marcel Proust
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Description for THE CAPTIVE; THE FUGITIVE: In Search of Lost Time Volume 5
paperback. Far from an idyllic state of affairs, the narrator is living in his mother's apartment in Paris with his lover, Albertine. His obsessive love for her means that their relationship is shadowed by jealousy and headed for tragedy. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 576.
THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION
In the two novels - The Captive and The Fugitive - contained in this volume, Proust's narrator is living in his mother's apartment in Paris with his lover, Albertine. However, this is far from an idyllic state of affairs. His obsessive love for her means that their relationship is shadowed by jealousy and headed for tragedy.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
832
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099362616
SKU
V9780099362616
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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 THE CAPTIVE; THE FUGITIVE: In Search of Lost Time Volume 5
Oh if I could write like that!
Virginia Woolf One of the cornerstones of the Western literary canon
The Times
Proust sinks deepest in readers because the book is so exhaustively analytical, so ceaselessly truthful... The experience of reading [the book] becomes, in itself, an unforgettable thing
Independent
The way he replicates the workings of ... Read more
Virginia Woolf One of the cornerstones of the Western literary canon
The Times
Proust sinks deepest in readers because the book is so exhaustively analytical, so ceaselessly truthful... The experience of reading [the book] becomes, in itself, an unforgettable thing
Independent
The way he replicates the workings of ... Read more