La Recherche Du Temps Perdu: L'Ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs

by Marcel Proust

Overview

Volume 2 of a handsome new edition of the original French version of Marcel Proust's justly celebrated 7-volume master-work, 'À la recherche du temps perdu'. In the three parts of the second volume, 'À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs', set in Paris and the fictional seaside resort of Balbec, the narrator continues his social education and develops relationships, especially with Gilberte, Mme Swann and Rachel in Paris and Robert de Saint-Loup, Elstir and Augustine and her friends in Balbec.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781391341
Publisher:	Benediction Classics
Publication date:	04/13/2012
Pages:	478
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.19(d)
Language:	French

About the Author

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was born in Auteuil, France. In his twenties, following a year in the army, he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. After 1899, however, his chronic asthma, the death of his parents, and his growing disillusionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. From 1907 on, he rarely emerged from a cork-lined room in his apartment on boulevard Haussmann. There he insulated himself against the distractions of city life and the effects of trees and flowers—though he loved them, they brought on his attacks of asthma. He slept by day and worked by night, writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of In Search of Lost Time.

Date of Birth:

July 10, 1871

Date of Death:

November 18, 1922

Place of Birth:

Auteuil, near Paris, France

Place of Death:

Paris, France