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Marcel Proust

Praise for Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 2

Scott Moncrieff's [volumes] belong to that special category of translations which are themselves literary masterpieces ... his book is one of those translations, such as the Authorized Version of the Bible itself, w ...

A. N. Wilson

For the reader wishing to tackle Proust your guide must be C K Scott Moncrieff ... There are some who believe his headily perfumed translation of À la recherche du temps perdu conjures Belle Époque France mor ...

Telegraph

I was more interested and fascinated by your rendering than by Proust's creation

Joseph Conrad to Scott Moncrieff

Scott Moncrieff's [volumes] belong to that special category of translations which are themselves literary masterpieces ... his book is one of those translations, such as the Authorized Version of the Bible itself, w ...

A. N. Wilson

For the reader wishing to tackle Proust your guide must be C K Scott Moncrieff ... There are some who believe his headily perfumed translation of À la recherche du temps perdu conjures Belle Époque France mor ...

Telegraph

I was more interested and fascinated by your rendering than by Proust's creation

Joseph Conrad to Scott Moncrieff

Scott Moncrieff's [volumes] belong to that special category of translations which are themselves literary masterpieces ... his book is one of those translations, such as the Authorized Version of the Bible itself, w ...

A. N. Wilson

For the reader wishing to tackle Proust your guide must be C K Scott Moncrieff ... There are some who believe his headily perfumed translation of À la recherche du temps perdu conjures Belle Époque France mor ...

Telegraph

I was more interested and fascinated by your rendering than by Proust's creation

Joseph Conrad to Scott Moncrieff

Books by Marcel Proust

Series by Marcel Proust

French Vintage Classics

The finest editions available of the world's greatest classics from Homer to Achebe, Tolstoy to Ishiguro, Proust to Pullman, printed on a fine acid-free, cream-wove paper that will not discolour with age, with sewn, full cloth bindings and silk ribbon markers, and at remarkably low prices. All books include substantial introductions by major scholars and contemporary writers, and comparative chronologies of literary and historical context.

Articles featuring Marcel Proust

Where to start with French Classics

Where to start with French Classics

Cheri by Colette (1920) I love my past. I love my present. I’m not ashamed of what I’ve had, and I’m not sad because I have it no longer. Colette was often called the voice of Paris, and Cheri is her famous love story about the romance between an older woman and a younger man. […]