Synopsis
Marcel Proust whiled away the first half of his life as a self-conscious aesthete and social climber. The second half he spent in the creation of the mighty roman-fleuve that is Remembrance of Things Past , memorializing his own dandyism and parvenu hijinks even as he revealed their essential hollowness. Proust begins, of course, at the beginning--with the earliest childhood perceptions and sorrows. Then, over several thousand pages, he retraces the course of his own adolescence and adulthood, democratically dividing his experiences among the narrator and a sprawling cast of characters. Who else has ever decanted life into such ornate, knowing, wrought-iron sentences? Who has subjected love to such merciless microscopy, discriminating between the tiniest variations of desire and self-delusion? Who else has produced a grief-stricken record of time's erosion that can also make you laugh for entire pages? The answer to all these questions nobody.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Search results for Captive: Pt. 2 (Proust, Marcel. Remembrance of things...
Stock Image
The Captive Part Two: Volume Ten of Remembrance of Things Past
Published by
Chatto & Windus, London, UK, 1976
ISBN 10: 0701110678
ISBN 13: 9780701110673
Used
Paperback
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good ++/Very Good. Reprint. 285 pages. White background soft covers with light/moderate covers' edges and corners and spine-ends. Light yellowing of page-edges o/w pages clean. Seller Inventory # 072374
Buy Used
US$ 10.98
US$ 28.15 shipping
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Captive
Seller: Boobooks, ARMIDALE, NSW, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardback. Condition: very good condition. 'Jealousy . is a demon that can't be exorcized, always reincarnated in new forms'The fifth volume of Proust's In Search of Lost Time focuses principally on the protagonist's relationship with Albertine during their cohabitation in Paris. However, The Captive is no conventional love story. Proximity and intimacy breed anxiety and suffering on account of the protagonist's jealousy. His wildly active mind weighs and appraises Albertine's every word. Is she lying to conceal infidelities or past indiscretions, or plotting her departure to indulge in lesbian affairs? The book carries echoes of Swann's affair with Odette narrated in the novel's first volume and offers an anatomy of love as 'mutual torture'. The societal evolution of Belle Époque Paris remains the backcloth to the volume's dramas, as the Verdurins' social rise continues and the Baron de Charlus is unceremoniously brought low in their salon.The Captive is an intense work, unsettling in how it draws us into the protagonist's thoughts and, on occasion, implicates us in his cruelty. Yet it also, insistently, provides glimpses of the promise of art, the possibility it offers to lift us into a dimension beyond the stress and suffering of the here and now.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Seller Inventory # 30816563
Buy Used
US$ 8.71
US$ 52.00 shipping
Ships from Australia to U.S.A.
Ships from Australia to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Captive: Pt. 2 (Proust, Marcel. Remembrance of things past, vol.10)
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0701110678