Guermantes Way - In Search of Lost Time Vol.3 (Vintage Classics)

Author(s): Marcel Proust

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This is an 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.

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The definitive translation of the greatest French novel of the twentieth century 20020218

"As close to being a definitive English version of the great novel as we are likely to get. This new edition will serve to introduce new generations of readers to what Somerset Maugham rightly described as the greatest novel of our century." -- Allan Massie, "Scotsman"
"The best reading version yet." -- "The Times"

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 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 life's work.

General Fields

  • : 9780099362418
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Vintage Classics
  • : 0.528
  • : October 1996
  • : 196mm X 130mm X 44mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : January 2023
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Marcel Proust
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
  • : English
  • : 843.912
  • : 720
  • : FC