Pleasures and Days

Marcel Proust, Andrew Brown

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Alma Edizioni
01 August 2013

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

Proust's only other work of fiction published in his lifetime apart from the monumental novel cycle 'In Search of Lost Time, Pleasures and Days' takes the reader on a journey through the high-society circles of fin-de-siecle Paris, presenting the lives, loves and attitudes of a host of unforgettable characters.

By: Marcel Proust
Translated by: Andrew Brown
Imprint: Alma Edizioni
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781847493170
ISBN 10: 1847493173
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 01 August 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Most famous for his seminal In Search of Lost Time, the novelist and critic Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922) was a forerunner of Modernism and one of the twentieth century's most important literary figures.

Reviews for Pleasures and Days

Pleasure and Days yields the earliest blooms from [Proust's] emerging, lifelong fascination with the labyrinths of snobbery and sexuality in Parisian high society. - The Independent