Pleasures and Regrets (Peter Owen Modern Classic)

By Marcel Proust

Book Overview

Set amid the salon society of fin-de-si cle Paris, these captivating tales offer satirical and moving depictions of metropolitan life. Proust's stunning debut chronicles the lives, loves, manners, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0720611105
• ISBN13: 9780720611106
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.7" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

A fine (but slightly incomplete) translation

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.