Pleasures and Regrets
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Book Overview
This was Proust's first published work, appearing when he was only twenty-five, and it consists of stories, sketches and thematic writings on a variety of subjects. The attitudes reflect many of the characteristics of the "fin de siecle," yet Proust illumined them with the unique shafts of observation and gift of analysis that he was later to perfect in "The Remembrance of Things Past." This book is a period piece of intricate delights and subtle...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0880010630
ISBN13:9780880010634
Release Date:January 1984
Publisher:Ecco Press
Length:221 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
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Classics Fiction Humanities Literary Literature Literature & Fiction Short Stories World LiteratureCustomer Reviews
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A fine (but slightly incomplete) translation
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I haven't had a chance to read this early work by Marcel Proust yet, but if you're interested in buying a copy, it's worth knowing that while A.N. Wilson, translator of the Hesperus Press edition, reports having used "with profit" this "fine translation" by Louise Varese, this edition does not include the poems entitled "Portrits of Painters and Musicians", but the Hesperus Press edition does so. Also included in the Hesperus Press edition but missing from this one are translations of the preface by Anatole France, and the dedication to Willie Heath.
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