In Search Of Lost Time Boxed Set (4 Volumes)
In Search Of Lost Time Boxed Set (4 Volumes)
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Generally agreed to be the greatest novel of the twentieth century – and possibly any other – Proust’s masterpiece is here presented in the latest revision to the classic Scott Moncrieff translation.
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In Search Of Lost Time Boxed Set (4 Volumes) by Marcel Proust
Generally agreed to be the greatest novel of the twentieth century – and possibly any other – Proust’s masterpiece is here presented in the latest revision to the classic Scott Moncrieff translation. On the surface a traditional Bildungsroman describing the narrator’s journey of self-discovery, this huge and complex book is also a panoramic and richly comic portrait of France in the author’s lifetime, and a profound meditation on the nature of art, love, time, memory and death. But for most readers it is the characters of the novel who loom the largest: Swann and Odette, Monsieur de Charlus, Morel, the Duchesse de Guermantes, Françoise, Saint-Loup and so many others – Giants, as the author calls them, immersed in Time.
A world of vivid places and intensely human characters..the greatest and most rewarding novel of the 20th Century The novel unfolds a lifetime of experiences, which enlarges our understanding of love and nature, memory and snobbery. -- Roger Shattuck
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 1899, however, his suffering from chronic asthma, the death of his parents and his growing disillusionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. He slept by day and worked by night, writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of A la recherche du temps perdu. He died in 1922 before publication of the last three volumes of his great work.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781857152500 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857152506 |
| Titre | In Search Of Lost Time Boxed Set (4 Volumes) |
| Auteur | Marcel Proust |
| Série | Everyman's Library Classics |
| État | Non disponible |
| Éditeur | Everyman |
| Année de publication | 2001-05-31 |
| Nombre de pages | 3152 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |