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by Marcel Proust (Author), James Grieve (Translator) "When it was first suggested we invite M. de Norpois to dinner, my mother commented that it was a pity Professor Cottard was absent from..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; 2 edition (2 Oct 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141180323
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141180328
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Since the original, prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged, comic and lucid Proust. IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. As the great story unfolds from its magical opening scenes to its devastating end, it is the Penguin Proust that makes Proust accessible to a new generation. Each book is translated by a different, superb translator working under the general editorship of Professor Christopher Prendergast, University of Cambridge.


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Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is generally viewed as the greatest French novelist and perhaps the greatest European novelist of the 20th century.
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When it was first suggested we invite M. de Norpois to dinner, my mother commented that it was a pity Professor Cottard was absent from Paris and that she herself had quite lost touch with Swann, either of whom the former ambassador would have been pleased to meet; to which my father replied that although a guest as eminent as Cottard, a scientific man of some renown, would always be an asset at one's dinner-table, the Marquis de Norpois would be bound to see Swann, with his showing-off and his name-dropping, as nothing but a vulgar swank, 'a rank outsider', as he would put it. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars what i spied underneath the shade, 6 Mar 2003
This review is from: In Search of Lost Time: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower v.2: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower Vol 2 (In Search of Lost Time Vol 2) (Hardcover)
For so long a figure of "high literature" in this reader's mind, Proust is far more accessible and contemporary than many might think. A misleading title(if not beautifully poetic) leads one into an expectation of adolescent romances and rendevzous. "In the Shadow..." is more accurately about the opening up and growing awareness of a young mind to the world. Over the course of his walks and travels, the Narrator enters us into the halycon world of literary dreaming its inevitable disappointments, all the while reavealing a fantastic social tapestry (noble histories and romantic intrigues) that is a mirror into the psychology and actions of society people (to this day still). There are those who would chide Proust's allusions and his "wordy" prose, but his assessment of human behaviour and depiction of the melding of pre-conceived (perhaps naive) notions with their dessicated reality makes this novel an essential read for anyone who lives and interacts with people.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Introspective but descriptive, 17 Mar 2008
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I have to say that I found vol 2 a bit more slow-moving, alternating passages of eye-glazing introspection with some really profound and expressive descriptions of what love is like, and how we react to art and to artists (be they actors, writers, or painters). But a welcome surprise was that there is an actual plot, with the narrator's rebuff of Gilberte near the start vaguely reflected in his relationship with Albertine, and with her other young friends, at the end.

I found myself very irritated by the publisher's notes. (I'm reading the new-ish Penguin edition.) First of all, I hate end-notes rather than foot-notes as a general matter of principle. Second, while I don't mind explanations of obscure references to contemporary or older French literature, I thought the editors went overboard in drawing attention to Proust's minor plot inconsistencies. (Though I did wonder why these were never corrected by any of Proust's French editors.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars the earliest fully automatic steam iron was first produced around 1909, 25 Jul 2009
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