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Marcel Proust: A Biography (Two-Volume Set)
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedGeorge D. Painter's "Marcel Proust: A Biography" stands as the definitive literary biography of the French novelist, tracing his life from a...
Marcel Proust: A Biography (Two-Volume Set)
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodGeorge D. Painter's "Marcel Proust: A Biography" stands as the definitive literary biography of the French novelist, tracing his life from a sickly, asthmatic...
Marcel Proust: Volume One
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew literary biographies have achieved the stature of George D. Painter's monumental Marcel Proust, a work that stands...
In Search of Lost Time: Volume 3: The Guermantes Way
Brilliant reception for the hardcover edition- 'The latest Penguin Proust is a triumph, and will bring this inexhaustible artwork to new audiences throughout the English-speaking world.' Sunday Telegraph Since the...
In Search Of Lost Time Vol 1: Swann's Way
The definitive translation of the greatest French novel of the twentieth century The definitive translation of one of the greatest French novels of the twentieth century In the opening volume...
In Search of Lost Time: Volume 1: The Way by Swann's
Brilliant reception for the hardcover edition- 'The latest Penguin Proust is a triumph, and will bring this inexhaustible artwork to new audiences throughout the English-speaking world.' Sunday Telegraph Since the...
In Search of Lost Time: Volume 4: Sodom and Gomorrah
Brilliant reception for the hardcover edition Since the original, prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore...
In Search of Lost Time: Volume 6: Finding Time Again
'The latest Penguin Proust is a triumph, and will bring this inexhaustible artwork to new audiences throughout the English-speaking world.' Sunday Telegraph Since the original, prewar translation there has been...
Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 1
One of the greatest translations of all time- Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three stunning clothbound volumes designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith Proust's masterpiece is one of the...
The In Search of Lost Time: v. 5: Captive
Inspector Martin Aitken's life is a mess. Divorced, his career's in chaos, and the last thing he needs is a collapsed woman in the street on Christmas Eve. Ellen Donnelly...
In Search of Lost Time: Volume 5: The Prisoner and the Fugitive
'The latest Penguin Proust is a triumph, and will bring this inexhaustible artwork to new audiences throughout the English-speaking world.' Sunday Telegraph Since the original, prewar translation there has been...
Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 1
One of the most beloved translations of all time returns to Penguin Classics- Scott Moncrieff's masterful version of Proust Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth...
In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way, A Graphic Novel
Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld prize ______ 'Sumptuous. Elegant, beautifully paced... completely absorbing' The Guardian 'Extraordinary... a triumph' New Statesman 'Audacious' Financial Times ______Proust's oceanic novel In Search of Lost Time...
In Search of Lost Time: Volume 1: The Way by Swann's
Brilliant reception for the hardcover edition- 'The latest Penguin Proust is a triumph, and will bring this inexhaustible artwork to new audiences throughout the English-speaking world.' Sunday Telegraph Since the...
In Search of Lost Time, Vol 2: Within a Budding Grove
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...
How Proust Can Change Your Life
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Femininity & The Creative Imagination: A Study Of Henry James, Robert Musil & Marcel Proust
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Author: Lisa AppignanesiBinding: HardbackPublished: Vision, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: stain on first three pages, lots of pencil underlining throughoutThis academic study, Femininity &...
Clara Reads Proust
'An elegant and quietly lyrical charting of a life changed by books' Irish Times 'Full of charm, sensitivity and intelligence. Brilliant.' Antoine Laurain, author of The Red Noteboook ______Clara is...
Modern French Criticism: From Proust And Valéry To Structuralism
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of literature and philosophy, Modern French Criticism: From Proust and Valéry to Structuralism presents a...
Homo Irrealis
Author: Andre Aciman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 In Homo Irrealis Andre Aciman explores what the present tense means to artists who cannot grasp the here and now. Irrealis...
Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen
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Different Speeds, Same Furies: Powell, Proust and other Literary Forms
There are few writers about whom opinions diverge so widely as Anthony Powell, whose Dance to the Music of Time sequence is one of the most ambitious literary constructions in...
Proust's Last Beer: A History Of Curious Demises
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Death has always been the great equaliser, but rarely has it been chronicled with such wit...
The Great Confession: From Aksakov And De Quincey To Tolstoy And Proust
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - light tanning. Markings: none. A compelling work of literary criticism and memoir studies, The Great Confession examines...
The Myth of Sisyphus
This volume contains several other essays, including lyrical evocations of the sunlit cities of Algiers and Oran. In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question- Is...
The Return of the Author
The Romanian critic Eugen Simion contests leading twentieth-century critics who deny the author a place in criticism by maintaining that the author's life can tell us nothing about his or...
October Nights
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books In October Nights, Gerard de Nerval takes us on a gentle meander through nighttime Paris - a dreamlike journey towards getting...
The Confessions
Rousseau's autobiography, giving a unique insight into the mind and life of one of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment Widely regarded as the first modern autobiography, The Confessions is...
Au Revoir, Tristesse: Lessons in Happiness from French Literature
A lighthearted look at how to bring more humor, happiness, and joie de vivre into our lives through French literature Like many people the world over, Viv Groskop wishes she...
Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud
A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and Freud "A compellingly readable and intelligent book. . . . Both authors write with impressive energy."-Rowan...
Faust: A Tragedy, Parts One and Two, Fully Revised
"Greenberg has accomplished a magnificent literary feat. He has taken a great German work, until now all but inaccessible to English readers, and made it into a sparkling English poem,...
Chateaubriand: A Biography, Volume One: The Longed-For Tempests
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm. Few lives have burned with such romantic intensity as that of François-René de...
Speaking Out: Lectures and Speeches 1937-58
A new collection of Albert Camus' most brilliant speeches and lectures 'Truth is mysterious, fleeting, always to be won. Freedom is dangerous, as hard to live as it is exalting'...
Faust, Part I
A major new translation by award-winning poet and translator David Constantine that captures the lyrical liveliness of Goethe's original. Goethe's Faust reworks the late-medieval myth of Dr Faust, a brilliant...
Selected Prose
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On Purpose: Ten Lessons on the Meaning of Life
Author: Ben Hutchinson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Ten essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives. How do we...
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The most iconic literary work ever produced by one of the world's most loved writers Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been one of the literary giants of the past century; his...
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Maryanne Wolf Format: Paperback...
The Sphinx: The Life of Gladys Deacon - Duchess of Marlborough
Author: Hugo Vickers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 **The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020** 'This biography is truly wonderful - a masterclass in storytelling' Sunday...
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Penguin Classics relaunch Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how...
Marcel
A novel about a child's growing awareness of the secret at the heart of his family. A ten-year old boy lives alone with his grandmother in a Flemish village. Among...
Therese Desqueyroux
To tie in with the release of a new film adaptation starring Audrey Tautou, a reissue of Fran ois Mauriac's astonishing and daring 1927 novel Ther se Desqueyroux walks free...