Proust Clothbound Box
Author(s): Marcel Proust; C. K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator)
Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel, and C. K. Scott Moncrieff's famous translation from the 1920s is now regarded as a classic in its own right.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Contains 3 Hardbacks and Other point of sale
- : 3.03907
- : 01 December 2016
- : United Kingdom
- : 30 January 2017
- : 09 September 2020
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Marcel Proust; C. K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator)
- : Hardback
- : 217
- : English
- : 813
- : 1
More About The Product
Marcel Proust (Author) Proust was born in Auteuil, France in 1871. He began writing his masterpiece, A la recherche du temps perdu, in 1909, and worked on it until his death in 1922, following several years of poor health during which he had been confined to his bedroom. C. K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator) Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff was born in Scotland in 1889 and served on the Western Front in the First World War, where he was seriously injured at the Battle of Arras. In 1922, he started work on his famous translation of Proust's novel, taking his English title from Shakespeare's Sonnet 30. He was still translating the novel at the time of his death in Rome in 1930.
