The quest for Proust / by André Maurois ; translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins
1950, First Edition. London : Cape. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #469250
Physical description; 348 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23 cm. Notes; Translation of A la recherche de Marcel Proust. American ed. (New York, Harper) has title: Proust : portrait of a genius. Bibliography: p. 339-344. Contents; I. Childhood and vocation -- II. School, the great world and the army -- III. Early works -- IV. The end of childhood -- V. Entry into literature, 1905-12 -- VI. La recherche du temps perdu (I) -- VII. La recherche du temps perdu (II) Love and its passions -- VIII. La recherche du temps perdu (III) Humour -- IX. In which the dilettante becomes a master -- X. Le temps retrouvé -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Proust, Marcel 1871-1922. Proust, Marcel 1871-1922 Biography. Proust, Marcel 1871-1922 Criticism and interpretation. Novelists, French 20th century ; Biography. Authors, French ; Biography. Authors, French. Critical Study Biographical Details Analysis.
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