In Search of Lost Time: Volume 3

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is now generally viewed as the greatest French novelist and perhaps the greatest European novelist of the 20th century. He lived much of his later life as a reclusive semi-invalid in a sound-proofed flat in Paris giving himself over entirely to writing IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME. <p>Since the original prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged comic and lucid Proust. IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME is one of the greatestmost entertaining reading experiences in any language. As the great story unfolds from its magical opening scenes to its devastating end it is the Penguin Proust that makes Proust accessible to a new generation.<br>Each volume is translated by a different superb translator working under the general editorship of Professor Christopher Prendergast University of Cambridge.</p> <p>Since the original prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged comic and lucid Proust. IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME is one of the greatestmost entertaining reading experiences in any language. As the great story unfolds from its magical opening scenes to its devastating end it is the Penguin Proust that makes Proust accessible to a new generation.<br>Each volume is translated by a different superb translator working under the general editorship of Professor Christopher Prendergast University of Cambridge.</p>