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'''Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust''' (born [[10 July]] [[1871]], died [[18 November]] [[1922]]) was a [[French]] writer, famous for one work, the largely autobiographical [[novel]] ''[[In Search of Lost Time]]'', which runs to over 3000 pages.
'''Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust''' (born [[10 July]] [[1871]], died [[18 November]] [[1922]]) was a [[French]] writer, famous for one work, the largely autobiographical [[novel]] ''[[In Search of Lost Time]]'', which runs to over 3000 pages.


The French original ''À la recherche du temps perdu'' was published over a number of years in eight volumes.  It was soon translated into English by [[C. K. Scott Moncrieff]] under the title ''Remembrance of Things Past'' and became, as [[Cyril Connolly]] remarked, almost a work of English literature itself.  A new English version, a reworking of Moncrieff's by [[Terence Kilmartin]], was published in 1981.
The French original ''À la recherche du temps perdu'' was published over a number of years (1913-27) in seven volumes.  It was soon translated into English by [[C. K. Scott Moncrieff]] under the title ''Remembrance of Things Past'' and became, as [[Cyril Connolly]] remarked, almost a work of English literature itself.  A new English version, a reworking of Moncrieff's by [[Terence Kilmartin]], was published in 1981.


==Original French publication==
==Original French publication==

Revision as of 14:48, 27 October 2007

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (born 10 July 1871, died 18 November 1922) was a French writer, famous for one work, the largely autobiographical novel In Search of Lost Time, which runs to over 3000 pages.

The French original À la recherche du temps perdu was published over a number of years (1913-27) in seven volumes. It was soon translated into English by C. K. Scott Moncrieff under the title Remembrance of Things Past and became, as Cyril Connolly remarked, almost a work of English literature itself. A new English version, a reworking of Moncrieff's by Terence Kilmartin, was published in 1981.

Original French publication

  • Du côté de chez Swann, Grasset, 1913 (Swann's Way)
    • Part 1: Combray
    • Part 2: Un amour de Swann (Swann in Love)
    • Part 3: Noms de pays: le nom (Place Names: The Name)
  • À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF), 1919, Goncourt Prize (Within a Budding Grove)
    • Part 1: Autour de Mme Swann (Madame Swann at Home)
    • Part 2: Noms de pays : le pays (Place Names: The Place)