Pleasures and Days and Memory / Les Plaisirs Et Les Jours Et Souvenir Short Stories by Marcel Proust: A Dual-Language Book

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 motivations of a fascinating cast of characters. These philosophical reflections, brief narratives, and prose poems established the 22-year-old author as a remarkable collector of exquisitely poignant sensations and recollections. Appropriate for intermediate-level students of French, this dual-language volume is equally suited to classroom use and to independent study. New English translations appear on pages facing the original French text. Readers will find this volume a fascinating introduction to the works of a key figure of French literature as well as a valuable aid to mastering one of the world's most enchanting languages.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 048649702X
• ISBN13: 9780486497020
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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.