New Releases by Marcel Proust

A stand-alone novella from Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time highlighting love’s transformative force and the trap lying beneath: the insidious reach of jealousy. Swann in Love is part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features the classic English language translation from French by C. K. Scott Moncrieff, and is introduced by Marion Schmid. Charles Swann is a man-about-town with friends in high places. At Parisian society gatherings hosted by the wealthy Verdurin couple, he meets the intriguing Odette de Crécy. Though struck by how different they are, Swann’s feelings for Odette deepen. As the Verdurin circle expands, he is overcome by doubts and unhealthy jealousies. Odette distances herself, and Swann is convinced he has a rival for her affections. Behaving erratically and tortured by spiralling thoughts, Swann’s love becomes a sickly poison. This edition is translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff with an introduction by Marion Schmid.

Reproduction of the original. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the public in good condition in order to preserve their cultural heritage.

Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust is a profound meditation on desire, identity, and the hidden complexities of human relationships. As the fourth volume in In Search of Lost Time, it delves deeply into themes of homosexuality, social hypocrisy, and the masks individuals wear to conform to societal norms. Through the narrator''s observations—particularly regarding Baron de Charlus and his secret life—Proust exposes the fragility of appearances and the emotional turbulence beneath the surface of elite society. Since its publication, Sodom and Gomorrah has been noted for its psychological acuity and its bold treatment of subjects rarely addressed openly in its time. Proust''s intricate prose, long introspective passages, and exploration of memory and perception continue to challenge and reward readers. The novel advances the series'' central questions about time, love, and self-knowledge, using subtle shifts in relationships and inner thoughts to chart the evolving consciousness of its narrator. The enduring relevance of Cities of the Plain lies in its unflinching portrayal of human vulnerability and the tension between public identity and private truth. As part of Proust''s monumental work, it remains a landmark in modern literature, offering deep insight into the nature of desire and the forces—emotional, cultural, and temporal—that shape human lives.

Originally composed as the preface to Proust''s 1906 translation of John Ruskin''s Sesame and Lilies, Journées de lecture ("Days of Reading") was later republished in the collection Pastiches et Mélanges (1919) and subsequently as a standalone text. While ostensibly an introduction to Ruskin''s work on reading and life, the essay serves as a significant early articulation of Proust''s own evolving aesthetic philosophy. It engages critically with Ruskin''s moralistic view of reading as a form of virtuous instruction, proposing instead a more introspective and subjective conception. Proust argues that the true value of reading lies not in the passive absorption of an author''s doctrine, but in its unique capacity to act as a catalyst for the reader''s own deepest thoughts and memories, a form of "spiritual exercise" that stimulates the inner life. The essay develops key Proustian themes concerning the nature of time, memory, and the relationship between solitude, the self, and the external world. Proust elevates reading as an activity uniquely suited to fostering a state of profound mental receptivity and solitude, contrasting it sharply with the superficial distractions of social life. He famously describes the ideal reading environment – particularly the quiet atmosphere of childhood holidays – as a space where the mind, freed from immediate concerns, can achieve a heightened state of awareness and reflection. While not yet employing the fully developed concept of involuntary memory, Journées de lecture lays crucial groundwork for Proust''s later ideas about the creative process, emphasizing the transformative power of introspection and the subjective resonance triggered by external stimuli, positioning reading as a privileged gateway to the deeper self. This critical reader’s edition presents a modern translation of the original manuscript, crafted for the contemporary reader with lucid language and streamlined sentences that illuminate Proust’s intricate French syntax and period‑specific allusions. Supplementary material enriches the text with autobiographical, historical, and linguistic context, including an afterword by the translator on Proust’s personal history, cultural impact, and intellectual legacy, an index of the philosophical concepts he weaves—highlighting his explorations of memory, time, and the influence of Henri Bergson—a comprehensive chronological list of his published writings, and a detailed timeline of his life, emphasizing the friendships and social circles that shaped his artistic vision.

The Lemoine Case, also known as L''Affaire Lemoine, was first published in 1921 by Gallimard as a slim volume, though Marcel Proust had originally published the pieces in Le Figaro in 1908. Proust transformed the real-life fraud of Henri Lemoine—an engineer who claimed he could make diamonds out of coal—into a series of playful parodies, each written in the style of a different French writer or newspaper. Proust''s L''Affaire Lemoine is a series of literary imitations written around 1908-1909 and later collected in Pastiches et mélanges (1919). Each piece recounts the same real-life scandal – Henri Lemoine''s fraudulent 1908 claim to have discovered how to manufacture diamonds – but written in the distinct style of major French authors like Flaubert, Balzac, Sainte-Beuve, Michelet, Renan, and the Goncourt brothers. Proust meticulously replicates each writer''s vocabulary, syntax, rhythm, and characteristic obsessions. This exercise went beyond parody; it was a deep study of literary mechanics, revealing Proust''s exceptional ability to dissect and inhabit another author''s voice, exposing their underlying worldview through stylistic mimicry alone. The work exposes Proust''s view of writing as a deeply personal, almost solipsistic act. The unchanging core event becomes secondary, entirely reshaped by the filter of each imitated author''s consciousness. Reality, in these pages, is malleable, existing only as refracted through a specific stylistic and temperamental lens. This emphasis suggests a world where objective truth is inaccessible, replaced by multiple, self-contained subjective realities. The choice of a fraud case – built on illusion and exposed artifice – as the subject matter reinforces this sense of pervasive unreliability. While playful, the pastiches collectively point towards a potential nihilism concerning fixed meaning; if the same facts can be rendered so differently, each version equally valid within its stylistic universe, what stable truth remains? The exercise underscores language''s power to create worlds, but also its power to isolate the self within its own constructions. The book also offers a critical perspective on the mood of early twentieth-century France, a society eager for quick profit and novel marvels after the Dreyfus affair and before the war. Proust’s refusal to anchor the story to a single moral line points to the soft relativism that modern Paris was beginning to accept. Yet, the very act of parody hints at a lingering wish for shared standards since comedy loses its bite once every yardstick is gone. The result is a brief, witty work that asks how much weight style carries in shaping what readers call reality and whether a game of changing masks leaves anything solid behind. This critical reader’s edition presents a modern translation of the original manuscript, crafted for the contemporary reader with lucid language and streamlined sentences that illuminate Proust’s intricate French syntax and period‑specific allusions. Supplementary material enriches the text with autobiographical, historical, and linguistic context, including an afterword by the translator on Proust’s personal history, cultural impact, and intellectual legacy, an index of the philosophical concepts he weaves—highlighting his explorations of memory, time, and the influence of Henri Bergson—a comprehensive chronological list of his published writings, and a detailed timeline of his life, emphasizing the friendships and social circles that shaped his artistic vision.

First published in 1913, Swann''s Way by Marcel Proust is one of the most enthralling reading experiences of the twentieth century. It is the first volume of the seven books that comprise In Search of Lost Time (A la recherche du temps perdu, 1913-1927). The novel begins with the narrator’s efforts to recapture and understand his own past, by the taste of a madeleine soaked in tea. The narrator’s recollections about his own life lead him inevitably to the past of Charles Swann, a family friend the narrator knew as a child. By remembering Swann’s love affair with the coquette Odette, the narrator gains insight into his life and the nature of love itself. In looking back at his own life, the narrator confronts the question of what exactly an individual’s identity consists of. As he tries to understand his life, he realizes that it is inseparable from the lives of others—his parents, his grandmother, the family’s servant Françoise, and family acquaintances, including Charles Swann. The first volume of the work established Marcel Proust as one of the finest voices of the modern age—satirical, confiding, and endlessly varied in his response to the human condition. Swann''s Way also stands on its own as a perfect rendering of a life in art, of the past recreated through memory.

"Shattuck leaves us not only with a deepened appreciation of Proust''s great work but of all great literature as well."―Richard Bernstein, New York Times For any reader who has been humbled by the language, the density, or the sheer weight of Marcel Proust''s In Search of Lost Time, Roger Shattuck is a godsend. Winner of the National Book Award for Marcel Proust, a sweeping examination of Proust''s life and works, Shattuck now offers a useful and eminently readable guidebook to Proust''s epic masterpiece, and a contemplation of memory and consciousness throughout great literature. Here, Shattuck laments Proust''s defenselessness against zealous editors, praises some translations, and presents Proust as a novelist whose philosophical gifts were matched only by his irrepressible comic sense. Proust''s Way, the culmination of a lifetime of scholarship, will serve as the next generation''s guide to one of the world''s finest writers of fiction.

Time Regained Marcel Proust - "Time Regained" is the seventh and final volume of Marcel Prousts monumental novel "In Search of Lost Time", and follows the narrator as he reaches the threshold of old age and sees how the people around him, as well as society itself, have changed with the passage of time. It is also in this volume that he discovers his literary vocation, discusses the nature of true literature and the role of the artist at length, and grasps the power of involuntary memory to evoke experiences that were buried deep within us, bringing the famous madeleine episode from "Swanns Way" full circle.

In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past (French: À la recherche du temps perdu) is a semi-autobiographical novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. His most prominent work, it is popularly known for its extended length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine". Still widely referred to in English as Remembrance of Things Past, the title In Search of Lost Time, a more accurate rendering of the French, has gained in usage since D.J. Enright''s 1992 revision of the earlier translation by C.K. Scott-Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin. Swann''s Way is the first volume.

La Prisonnière est le cinquième tome d''À la recherche du temps perdu de Marcel Proust publié en 1925 à titre posthume.Le thème principal de ce volume est l''amour possessif et jaloux qu''éprouve le narrateur pour Albertine. Il la fait surveiller, la soupçonne de liaisons homosexuelles, essaie de la retenir chez lui.

Albertine Disparue, dont le titre original est La fugitive, est le sixième tome d''À la recherche du temps perdu de Marcel Proust paru en 1927 à titre posthume. la Fugitive devait originairement regrouper la Prisonnière et Albertine disparue. De fait, Albertine disparue est la suite indissociable, sur le plan narratif au moins, de la Prisonnière.

swann''s way in search of lost time marcel proust In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past (French: À la recherche du temps perdu) is a novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. His most prominent work is popularly known for its considerable length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine." The novel is widely referred to in English as Remembrance of Things Past but the title In Search of Lost Time, a literal rendering of the French, has gained in usage since D. J. Enright adopted it in his 1992 revision of the earlier translation by C. K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin. The complete story contains nearly 1.5 million words and is one of the longest novels in world literature.

The Narrator is a sensitive young man who wishes to become a writer, whose identity is kept vague. As a child, his anxiety at leaving his mother at night and his attempts to force her to come and kiss him goodnight, culminates in a spectacular success, when his father suggests that his mother stay the night with him. The Narrator''s anxiety leads to manipulation, much like the manipulation employed by his invalid aunt Leonie and all the lovers in the entire book, who use the same methods of petty tyranny to manipulate and possess their loved ones. Swann''s Way is considered to be Marcel Proust''s most prominent work, known both for its length and its theme of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine" which occurs early in the first volume. While there is an array of symbolism in the work, it is rarely defined through explicit "keys" leading to moral, romantic or philosophical ideas. The significance of what is happening is often placed within the memory or in the inner contemplation of what is described. This focus on the relationship between experience, memory and writing and the radical de-emphasizing of the outward plot, have become staples of the modern novel but were almost unheard of in 1913.

Also translated as ''Within a Budding Grove'', this is the second volume of In Search of Lost Time. The narrator turns from the childhood reminiscences of Swann''s Way to memories of his adolescence. Having gradually become indifferent to Swann''s daughter Gilberte, the narrator visits the seaside resort of Balbec with his grandmother and meets a new object of attention-Albertine, ''a girl with brilliant, laughing eyes and plump, matt cheeks.''

"Widely recognized as the major novel of the twentieth century" -Harold Bloom ; Literary Critic Swann''s Way is the first volume of seven of the series In Search of Lost Time written by Marcel Proust (1871-1922). It is considered to be his most prominent work, known both for its length and its theme of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine" which occurs early in Swann''s Way. In Search of Lost Time follows the narrator''s recollections of childhood and experiences into adulthood during late 19th century to early 20th century aristocratic France, while reflecting on the loss of time and lack of meaning to the world. The novel had great influence on twentieth-century literature; some writers have sought to emulate it, others to parody it. In the centenary year of the novel''s first volume, Edmund White pronounced À la recherche du temps perdu "the most respected novel of the twentieth century". A True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf!

In this fourth volume, Proust''s novel takes up for the first time the theme of homosexual love and examines how destructive sexual jealousy can be for those who suffer it. Sodom and Gomorrah is also an unforgiving...

Marcel Proust, was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time; earlier rendered as Remembrance of Things Past), published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century.

Title: Swann''s Way Remembrance of Things Past, Volume OneAuthor: Marcel ProustLanguage: English

In Search of Lost Time (French: � la recherche du temps perdu) - previously also translated as Remembrance of Things Past - is a novel in seven volumes, written by Marcel Proust (1871-1922). It is considered to be his most prominent work, known both for its length and its theme of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine" which occurs early in the first volume. It gained fame in English in translations by C. K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin as Remembrance of Things Past, but the title In Search of Lost Time, a literal rendering of the French, has gained usage since D. J. Enright adopted it for his revised translation published in 1992.In Search of Lost Time follows the narrator''s recollections of childhood and experiences into adulthood during late 19th century to early 20th century aristocratic France, while reflecting on the loss of time and lack of meaning to the world. The novel began to take shape in 1909. Proust continued to work on it until his final illness in the autumn of 1922 forced him to break off. Proust established the structure early on, but even after volumes were initially finished he kept adding new material and edited one volume after another for publication. The last three of the seven volumes contain oversights and fragmentary or unpolished passages, as they existed only in draft form at the death of the author; the publication of these parts was overseen by his brother Robert.

Sodom and Gomorrah opens a new phase of In Search of Lost Time. While watching the pollination of the Duchess de Guer-mantes’s orchid, the narrator secretly observes a sexual encounter between two men. “Flower and plant have no conscious will,” Samuel Beckett wrote of Proust’s representation of sexuality. “They are shameless, exposing their genitals. And so in a sense are Proust’s men and women . . . shameless. There is no question of right and wrong.” For this authoritative English-language edition, D. J. Enright has revised the late Terence Kilmartin’s acclaimed reworking of C. K. Scott Moncrieff’s translation to take into account the new definitive French editions of Á la recherché du temps perdu (the final volume of these new editions was published by the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade in 1989).

The first part of Marcel Proust''s Remembrance of Things Past. His most prominent work, it is popularly known for its considerable length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine."

The first volume of Proust''s seven-part novel "In Search of Lost Time," is one of the most entertaining reading experiences and arguably one of the finest novel of the twentieth century. Being Proust''s most prominent work. A mature, unnamed man recalls the details of his commonplace, idyllic existence as a sensitive and intuitive boy in Combray. Telling the story through his younger mind in a beautiful dream like prose the narrator tells of the romance of his country neighbor Monsieur Swann. The narrator tells of his hopeless infatuation with Swann''s little daughter, Gilberte. Within this fragmented narrative the important themes of memory, time and art are woven skillfully though the story.

THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION In Sodom and Gomorrah Proust''s narrator not only depicts the class tensions of a changing France at the beginning of the twentieth century but also exposes the decadence of aristocratic Parisian society and muses upon the subjects of homosexuality and sexual jealousy.

This volume gathers together all of Marcel Proust''s short fiction and six tales never before translated into English.

A new definitive text of Marcel Proust''s novel was published by the Bibliotheque de la Pleiade in 1989. For the present six-volume edition, D. J. Enright has further revised Terence Kilmartin''s acclaimed revision of C. K. Scott Moncrieff''s translation, and his incorporated significant new material. As a result, Proust''s masterpiece emerges with renewed freshness and authority in this unassailable translation. Each volume contains notes, addenda and synopses, and the sixth and final volume also includes a Guide to the complete work. This film is based on Volume 6 of the Vintage edition.

THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATIONIn the opening volume of Proust''s great novel, the narrator travels backwards in time in order to tell the story of a love affair that had taken place before his