The Essential Remembrance of Things Past

Marcel Proust; Neville Jason

ISBN 10: 9626349883 ISBN 13: 9789626349885

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks, 2010

Synopsis

Here is an illuminating overture to the defining work of French modernism and one of the major classics of the twentieth century. Prousts epic examination of the subtleties of human existence in the modern world is a gargantuan composition, spanning seven volumes. Neville Jason, the internationally-acclaimed reader of the extended abridgement of Remembrance of Things Past, produces this useful introduction, bringing clarity to the intricacy of Prousts meditations, and enabling the listener to appreciate their perceptiveness afresh. Jason highlights the key passages, introducing them succinctly, so that listeners gain an understanding of the main characters, themes and plot, as well as an appreciation for the depth and beauty of this great work.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

One of the great works of Western literature, now in the new definitive French Pleiade edition translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin. Volume one includes SWANN'S WAY and WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE.

About the Author:

Marcel Proust was born in 1871 in Auteuil, near Paris, France. His seven-volume novel, À la recherche du temps perdu (known in English as In Search of Lost Time), which explores themes of memory, became one of the most famous and influential works of twentieth-century literature. Proust continued to work on the novel until his death in 1922.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9626349883
• ISBN 13: 9789626349885
• Binding: Audio CD
• Number of pages: 1