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by Marcel Proust; Mark Treharne (Translator); Introduction by Mark Treharne

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This volume opens up a vast, dazzling landscape of fashionable Parisian life in the late 19th century, as the narrator enters the brilliant, shallow world of the literary and aristocratic salons. Both a salute to and satire of a time, place, and culture, this new translation will introduce a new generation to the literary richness of Marcel Proust.

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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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The third volume of one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century

Mark Treharne's acclaimed new translation of The Guermantes Way will introduce a new generation of American readers to the literary richness of Marcel Proust. The third volume in Penguin Classics' superb new edition of In Search of Lost Time--the first completely new translation of Proust's masterpiece since the 1920s--brings us a more comic and lucid prose than English readers have previously been able to enjoy.

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.

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Title The Guermantes Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 3 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Author Marcel Proust; Mark Treharne (Translator); Introduction by Mark Treharne
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Pages 640
Volumes 3
Language ENG
Publisher Penguin Classics, New York:
Publication date 2005-05-31
ISBN 9780143039228 / 0143039229
Weight 1.46 lbs (0.66 kg)
Dimensions 8.42 x 5.52 x 1.64 in (21.39 x 14.02 x 4.17 cm)
Age range 18 to UP years
Grade levels 13 - UP
Category Fiction - General
Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Autobiographical fiction
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Mark Treharne catches much of the comedy, by turns black, bitter and slapstick. (The Guardian)Monumental ... One of the greatest of all the modern novels. (Malcolm Bradbury)

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Ingram Advance, 06/01/2005, Page 74

About the author

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was born in Auteuil, France. In his twenties, following a year in the army, he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. After 1899, however, his chronic asthma, the death of his parents, and his growing disillusionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. From 1907 on, he rarely emerged from a cork-lined room in his apartment on boulevard Haussmann. There he insulated himself against the distractions of city life and the effects of trees and flowers--though he loved them, they brought on his attacks of asthma. He slept by day and worked by night, writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of In Search of Lost Time.

Mark Treharne (translator) taught French at the University of Warwick and has since worked as a translator. His translations include the work of Philippe Jaccottet and Jacques Reda's The Ruins of Paris.

Christopher Prendergast (series editor) is a professor emeritus of French literature at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King's College.

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