![]() ![]() Proust established the structure early on, but even after volumes were initially finished, he continued to add new material and edited one volume after another for publication. Proust continued to work on it until his final illness in the autumn of 1922 forced him to break off. "In Search of Lost Time" follows the narrator's recollections of childhood and experiences into adulthood in the late 19th-century and early 20th-century high-society France, while reflecting on the loss of time and lack of meaning in the world. Enright adopted it for his revised translation published in 1992. Scott Moncrieff as "Remembrance of Things Past", but the title "In Search of Lost Time", a literal rendering of the French, became ascendant after D. The novel gained fame in English translation by C. The most famous example of this is the "episode of the madeleine", which occurs early in the first volume. This early 20th-century work is his most prominent, known both for its length and its theme of involuntary memory. ***'"In Search of Lost Time", first translated into English as "Remembrance of Things Past", and sometimes referred to in French as "La Recherche" (The Search), is a novel in seven volumes by French author Marcel Proust. ***Volume one is numbered copy 701 of 'two thousand tw***Each volume is a uniform size of 194mm x 138mm except "Time Regained" which is slightly taller at 212mm. 1 of "Swann's Way" also has some details of where the books were purchased in pencil. ***The volumes of "Swann's Way" and "Within a Budding Grove" each have the bookplate of the Duchess of Westminster - Vol. Internally also very good with no creases or tears to the pages. Top edges of the page blocks of some volumes are stained blue by the publisher to match the boards. Head and tail of spines slightly rubbed and creased. Boards slightly rubbed and marked commensurate with age and handling. ***ALL VOLUMES - very good to near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spines. "Cities of the Plain" and "Time Regained" are limited editions. The books are published either by Chatto & Windus or Alfred A Knopf. All volumes translated from the French by C. A complete set of eleven volumes in First UK edition, published between 19 - all first impressions of the first editions in English, except for the two volumes of "Swann's Way" which are fourth impressions published in August 1925. INTERNATIONAL AND PRIORITY ORDERS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES. ATTENTION: THIS IS A VERY HEAVY AND OVERSIZE SET. The cover of all volumes looks identical except the volume number. Some wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine. ![]() Selected pages may contain light wrinkles and creases to edges. ![]() 402 pages / All volumes: Some discoloration to pages and inside covers. 563 pages / Volume IV - The Sweet Cheat Gone. 352 pages / Volume III - Cities of The Plain, Volume Two. 356 pages / Volume II - The Guermantes Way: Cities of The Plain, Volume One. Titles include: Volume I - Swann's Way: Within A BUdding Grove. This set is a translation of the eight-volume work, A la Recherche due Temps Perdu, by Marcel Proust. ![]()
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