Rememberance Of Things Past [being] Swanns Way - Within A Budding Grove - The Guermantes Way - Cities Of The Plain - The Captive - The Sweet Cheat Gone - Time Regained [ 12 vols complete ]

Proust , Marcel - Scott Moncrieff, C K [ Charles Kenneth ] & Mayor, Andreas [translators]

ISBN 10: 0701110481 / ISBN 13: 9780701110482

Edité par Chatto & Windus 1971 - 1973, 1971

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Paperback, P+ 12 volumes. [xii]+303pp, [vi]+288pp, [viii]+396pp, [vi]+356pp, [viii]+428pp, [vi]+395pp, [viii]+352pp, [vi]+384pp, [x]+276pp, [viii]+285pp, [vi]+380pp, xiv+474pp, the first volume is a hardback copy in a dustjacket. A reading set only, the covers are marked & a little wrinkled, bottom of the text blocks wrinkled as if the books once sat on a damp windowsill, A translation of A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu which Proust added to & expanded. It is a work unique in the annals of fiction - a minute & detailed re living of an era in which Proust was, before he shut himself away for 16 years to write this work, a main protagonist. Proust, detailing every facet of the period - nothing is more real than that which the self contains. 3250 grams.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Rememberance Of Things Past [being] Swanns Way - Within A Budding Grove - The Guermantes Way - Cities Of The Plain - The Captive - The Sweet Cheat Gone - Time Regained [ 12 vols complete ]
• Éditeur: Chatto & Windus 1971 - 1973
• Date de parution: 1971
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0701110481
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780701110482
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: reprint.
• État de l'article: Poor
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Poids: 3250 grammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • French Literature
  • Modern Literature

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n Search of Lost Time (French: À la recherche du temps perdu) – previously also translated as Remembrance of Things Past – is a novel in seven volumes, written by Marcel Proust (1871–1922). It is considered to be his most prominent work, known both for its length and its theme of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine" which occurs early in the first volume. It gained fame in English in translations by C. K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin as Remembrance of Things Past, but the title In Search of Lost Time, a literal rendering of the French, has gained usage since D. J. Enright adopted it for his revised translation published in 1992. The novel recounts the experiences of the Narrator (who is never definitively named) while he is growing up, learning about art, participating in society, and falling in love. The Narrator begins by noting, "For a long time, I went to bed early." He comments on the way sleep seems to alter one's surroundings, and the way Habit makes one indifferent to them. He remembers being in his room in the family's country home in Combray, while downstairs his parents entertain their friend Charles Swann, an elegant man of Jewish origin with strong ties to society. Due to Swann's visit, the Narrator is deprived of his mother's goodnight kiss, but he gets her to spend the night reading to him. This memory is the only one he has of Combray, until years later the taste of a madeleine cake dipped in tea inspires a nostalgic incident of involuntary memory. He remembers having a similar snack as a child with his invalid aunt Leonie, and it leads to more memories of Combray. He describes their servant Françoise, who is uneducated but possesses an earthy wisdom and a strong sense of both duty and tradition. He meets an elegant "lady in pink" while visiting his uncle Adolphe. He develops a love of the theater, especially the actress Berma, and his awkward Jewish friend Bloch introduces him to the works of the writer Bergotte. He learns Swann made an unsuitable marriage but has social ambitions for his beautiful daughter Gilberte. Legrandin, a snobbish friend of the family, tries to avoid introducing the boy to his well-to-do sister. The Narrator describes two routes for country walks the child and his parents often enjoyed: the way past Swann's home (the Méséglise way), and the Guermantes way, both containing scenes of natural beauty. Taking the Méséglise way, he sees Gilberte Swann standing in her yard with a lady in white, Mme Swann, and her supposed lover: Baron de Charlus, a friend of Swann's. Gilberte makes a gesture that the Narrator interprets as a rude dismissal. During another walk, he spies a lesbian scene involving Mlle Vinteuil, daughter of a composer, and her friend. The Guermantes way is symbolic of the Guermantes family, the nobility of the area. The Narrator is awed by the magic of their name, and is captivated when he first sees Mme de Guermantes. He discovers how appearances conceal the true nature of things, and tries writing a description of some nearby steeples. Lying in bed, he seems transported back to these places until he awakens...