In Search of Lost Time, Vol 2: Within a Budding Grove

In Search of Lost Time, Vol 2: Within a Budding Grove

by Marcel Proust

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The definitive translation of the greatest French novel of the twentieth century THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION Within a Budding Grove describes the first shoots of an astonishing love affair. When Proust's adolescent narrator travels from Paris to the sunny seaside town of Balbec he meets an intriguing set of new acquaintances who provide him with both friendship and entertainment. Most significantly of all he meets a dark-haired girl with sparkling eyes and a tiny beauty spot on her chin: the mysterious Albertine, who will become the great love of his life.

Author: Marcel Proust
Format: Paperback, 656 pages, 131mm x 196mm, 456 g
Published: 1996, Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction

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SKU: 9780099362319-RETAIL
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The definitive translation of the greatest French novel of the twentieth century THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION Within a Budding Grove describes the first shoots of an astonishing love affair. When Proust's adolescent narrator travels from Paris to the sunny seaside town of Balbec he meets an intriguing set of new acquaintances who provide him with both friendship and entertainment. Most significantly of all he meets a dark-haired girl with sparkling eyes and a tiny beauty spot on her chin: the mysterious Albertine, who will become the great love of his life.