The Captive
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Book Description
Marcel Proust whiled away the first half of his life as a self-conscious aesthete and social climber. The second half he spent in the creation of the mighty roman-fleuve that is Remembrance of Things Past, memorializing his own dandyism and parvenu hijinks even as he revealed their essential hollowness. Proust begins, of course, at the beginning--with the earliest childhood perceptions and sor... More
Book Information
Publisher | Vintage Books |
Binding | Paperback (47 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 289 |
ISBN-10 | 039470598X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0394705989 |
Publication Date | 02/28/1970 |
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About C. K. Scott-Moncrieff (Translator) : C. K. Scott-Moncrieff is a published translator. Published credits of C. K. Scott-Moncrieff include The Red and the Black (Dodo Press), The Captive.
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