Description An authoritative new edition of the third Volume in Marcel Proust\'s epic masterwork, In Search of Lost Time Marcel Proust\'s monumental seven-part novel In Search of Lost Time is considered by many to be the greatest novel of the twentieth century.
Carter is Distinguished Professor of French Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham..
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About the author Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for la Recherche du Temps Perdu, published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927.
A departure from the intimacy of the sprawling novel\'s previous two installments, part three unfolds against a colorful backdrop of Parisian life, moving from literary salon to opulent social gathering to provide a biting and satirical commentary on culture, human foibles, the ways of the world, and the irretrievable loss of time.
Continuing the story begun in Swann\'s Way and In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, The Guermantes Way follows Proust\'s young protagonist as he advances through aristocratic French society in late-nineteenth-century Paris.
Scott Moncrieff translation closer to the spirit and style of the author\'s original text.
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This edition of Volume three, The Guermantes Way, is edited and annotated by noted Proust scholar William C.
Description An authoritative new edition of the third Volume in Marcel Proust\'s epic masterwork, In Search of Lost Time Marcel Proust\'s monumental seven-part novel In Search of Lost Time is considered by many to be the greatest novel of the twentieth century
