Proust: The Early Years. With Illustrations. Maps Drawn by Samuel H. Bryant.
by Painter, George D
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- Hardcover
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Dade City, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1959). Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), xvii, 435 pp. Very Good, with slight sunning to edges; in a Very Good dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: “..Mr. Painter has identified all the places, people and facts, the encounters, friendships and loves in Marcel Proust’s life that went into the making of his great book and into his earlier novel, Jean Santeuil. He has succeeded in relating the man and his work as no other biographer has before him -- the man and his work and his society, for Mr. Painter’s book is both a critique of Proust and a social history of his time. This masterpiece of research is therefore a biography with all the excitement of a detective novel. We read of Proust’s split background, half Jewish, half Catholic, in the upper bourgeoisie; of his tender, complicated relationship with his mother; of his schoolboy essays, his early symptoms of asthma, the scenes in the salons where he is “cultivated.” Mr. Painter gives the first full account of Proust’s homosexuality based on evidence. But the evidence also refutes the claim sometimes made that all of the women loved by the Narrator are disguises of men loved by Proust. “Readers who have felt all along that Proust’s picture of heterosexual love is valid and founded on personal experience will be glad to find that instinct justified.” Mr. Painter’s social history of the people -- gilded, dazzling, witty and exotic -- who made up the author’s world provides what must be a definitive sourcebook for Proustians. His portrait, for instance, of the fantastically eccentric and occasionally revolting Robert deMontesquiou, principal model for the Baron de Charlus, is fascinating in its own right.
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- Bookseller
- Lighthousebooks, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- vita5701
- Title
- Proust: The Early Years. With Illustrations. Maps Drawn by Samuel H. Bryant.
- Author
- Painter, George D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company, (1959).
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Literature, Author Biography.
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Lighthousebooks, ABAA
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Dade City, Florida
About Lighthousebooks, ABAA
Lighthouse Books, ABAA is a family-owned and operated book shop located in downtown Dade City, Florida, celebrating more than 40 years of business. We're open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Our specialties include Florida history and literature, Americana, literature of the South, military history (including, but not limited to, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Korean War), children's literature, antique maps, leather bindings and rare & unusual items. We have a wide variety of general stock, including a large landscape/gardening section, a great selection of Christian/church history/Bible study titles, Beat literature, fishing, aviation, maritime, Asian history, African history, European history, South Pacific, British history, archaeology, psychology, philosophy, Latin American and Caribbean history, Canadian history, discovery & exploration, art, antiques & collectibles' reference, pop-up books, railroads, hunting, fire arms, etc. About 25 per cent of our total stock is listed in our online inventory. If ever you're in the area, we invite you to come in and browse; to show our appreciation, we'll offer a 15 per cent discount off any purchases made on your first visit. The proprietor, Michael F. Slicker, is one of about 450 qualified members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, Inc., and its affiliate the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He was also the founding president of the the Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association and is still an active member and committee chairman. In addition to keeping regular hours at the storefront location, Lighthouse Books participate as a vender in about a dozen book fairs, antiques shows, map fairs and related events each year. One such show is The Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, an annual trade show/charity benefit held in downtown St. Petersburg in the spring, that has become the oldest and largest antiquarian book fair in the Southeast; Slicker has served as Chair since its inception thirty years ago. Please contact us for more information regarding our certified appraisal services. Please visit our website: www.OldFloridaBookStore.com. Bibliophiles might also enjoy our blog, featuring articles on unusual books, author biographies, and other book related subjects:.OldFloridaBookStore.blospot.com.
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