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The Guermantes Way.: Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff.
by PROUST, Marcel
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- Hardcover
- first
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus,, 1925. A modern masterpiece in the scarce jackets First edition in English, first impression, retaining the scarce jackets. This is the third instalment in Proust's roman a fleuve À la recherche du temps perdu (1913-1927), which is universally acclaimed as among the most influential works of modern fiction. Proust wrote to Scott-Moncrieff after reading his translation of the first instalment, Swann's Way, to compliment his "fine talent". Conrad stated of Proust: "Whereas before we had analysis allied to creative art, great in poetic conception, in observation, or in style, his is a creative art absolutely based on analysis... I don't think there ever has been in the whole of literature such an example of the power of analysis, and I feel pretty safe in saying that there will never be another" (pp. 126-8). Two volumes, octavo. Original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges blue, others uncut, title pages unopened. With dust jackets. Vol. II extremities a little darkened, edges and endpapers foxed, contents clean; jackets sharp, browning to spines and flap folds, lightly rubbed, a few marks, unclipped: a very good set in like jackets. Connolly, Modern Movement 23. Joseph Conrad, "Proust as Creator", Marcel Proust: An English Tribute, 1923.
Synopsis
After the relative intimacy of the first two volumes of In Search of Lost Time , The Guermantes Way opens up a vast, dazzling landscape of fashionable Parisian life in the late nineteenth century, as the narrator enters the brilliant, shallow world of the literary and aristocratic salons. Both a salute to and a devastating satire of a time, place, and culture, The Guermantes Way defines the great tradition of novels that follow the initiation of a young man into the ways of the world. This elegantly packaged new translation will introduce a new generation of American readers to the literary richness of Marcel Proust. First time in Penguin Classics A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with french flaps and luxurious design Penguin Classics' superb new edition of In Search of Lost Time is the first completely new translation of Proust's masterwork since the 1920s
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 164184
- Title
- The Guermantes Way.
- Author
- PROUST, Marcel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Chatto & Windus,
- Date Published
- 1925
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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