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Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 2

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780241205952

  • Length: 1200  Pages

  • RRP: £20.00

Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 2

Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel, and C. K. Scott Moncrieff's famous translation from the 1920s is now regarded as a classic in its own right.

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780241205952

  • Length: 1200  Pages

  • RRP: £20.00

Reviews

  • 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, which can never be displaced

    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 more vividly even than the original

    Telegraph

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

    Joseph Conrad to Scott Moncrieff

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About the Author

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 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.

Marcel Proust

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The original translation of Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust

16 November 2016

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