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An authoritative new edition of the third volume in Marcel Proust's epic masterwork, In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust's monumental seven-part novel In Search of Lost Time is considered by many to be the greatest novel of the twentieth century. This edition of volume three, The Guermantes Way, is…
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Marcel Proust’s à la recherche du temps perdu (In Remembrance of Things Past), is one of the greatest novels of the last century. The title actually refers to seven separate novels, all meditations on the same theme. Understandably, a great many readers never get past the initial one, Swann's Way (Du côté de chez Swann). A master of the French language, Proust was fortunate to have in Scott Moncrief a terrific translator, who captures his style—and his meaning—perfectly. And I find that, the third novel, is Moncrief’s best work. Proust was not simply remembering, he was attempting to recapture a…
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