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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Both George Painter's and Andre Maurois's biographies were written too early to take advantage of the first reliable edition of Proust's correspondence, or of the manuscripts and corrected proofs which...

In 1904, while still working on his translations of Ruskin, Marcel Proust wrote to Maurice Barr s "I still have two Ruskin's to do, and after that I shall try...

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...

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...

'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...

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...

Contains new translations of de Nerval's work Poet, visionary, short-story writer and autobiographer, Gerard de Nerval (1808-1855) explored the uncertain borderlines between dream and reality, irony and madness, autobiography and...

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...

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 &...

From New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an exuberant YA historical coming-of-age novel about a rising star French pianist, navigating his way into high society as he explores...

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...

"Wolf restores our awe of the human brain--its adaptability, its creativity, and its ability to connect with other minds through a procession of silly squiggles." -- San Francisco Chronicle How...

Author: Marcel Gauchet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 How Robespierre's career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracy. Maximilien Robespierre (17581794) is arguably the most controversial and contradictory...

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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...

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...

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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...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few literary lives burn as brilliantly —...

Author: Helen WaddellBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable and Company Limited, 1933Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly volume presents a compelling examination of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of faith, politics, and literary genius stands François Mauriac — Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Catholic moralist, and one of the most towering...

Author: Marcel Theroux Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'A compulsively readable tale, all the better for being set in one of the most secretive countries in the world. In...

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...

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Author: Georges SimenonBinding: HardbackPublished: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1966Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life of Marcel Féron, who faces the chaos...

Author: Gabriel MarcelBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFresh Hope For The World; Moral Re-Armament In Action presents a profound philosophical examination of the Moral Re-Armament...

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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...

Marcel Reich-Ranicki has lived a colourful and picaresque life. Born in 1920 of Polish Jewish parents, he spent his youth in Berlin until the Nazis came to power. In 1938...

Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: clipped, chipped dj with some insect damage; binding remains tight; clean textFew novels have ever...

A new selection of the powerful and moving letters and poems Wilde wrote in prison, edited with an introduction by Colm T ibin At the start of 1895, Oscar Wilde...

Edition: 1st eng ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFrom the pen of one of France's most singular and subversive literary voices comes The...