Now in a convenient eBook bundle, this Modern Library edition provides the most authoritative, critically acclaimed translation of Marcel Proust’s masterpiece in six volumes, In Search of Lost Time, which includes Swann’s Way, Within a Budding Grove, The Guermantes Way, Sodom and Gomorrah, The Captive, The Fugitive, and Time Regained.Graham Greene considered Marcel Proust “the greatest novelist of the twentieth century, just as Tolstoy wa...

THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATIONTime Regained begins in the bleak and uncertain years of World War I. Years later, after the war's end, Proust's narrator returns to Paris and reflects on time, reality, jealousy, artistic creation, and the raw material of literature - his past life.This edition includes the indispensable A Guide to Proust, compiled by Terence Kilmartin and revised by Joanna Kilmar...

"Cities of the Plain" is the final novel in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, offering a poignant exploration of love, friendship, and the inexorable march of progress in the American West. Set in the mid-20th century, it follows the lives of John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, two ranch hands whose friendship is tested by societal changes and personal choices. Against the backdrop of the Texas-Mexico border, McCarthy weaves a narrative that delves into the complexities of relationships, the...

This is the third volume of Proust’s In Search Of Lost Time. After the relative intimacy of the first two volumes of In Search of Lost Time, The Guermantes Way opens up a vast, dazzling landscape of fashionable Parisian life in the late nineteenth century. The Narrator’s family has moved to an apartment connected with the Guermantes residence. The Guermantes Way defines the great tradition of novels that follow the initiation of a young man into the ways of the world.

“The bonds that unite us to another human being are sanctified when he or she adopts the same point of view as ourselves in judging one of our imperfections.”― Marcel Proust, Within a Budding GroveWithin a Budding Grove (1919) by Marcel Proust recounts the experiences of the narrator as he is growing up. Written in two parts, the novel takes the readers to Paris in the First Part. The narrator struggles in his relationship...

The Human Comedy (French: La Comédie Humaine) is the title of Honoré de Balzac's multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society in the period of the Restoration (1815-1830) and the July Monarchy (1830–1848). It consists of 91 finished works (stories, novels or analytical essays) and 46 unfinished works (some of which exist only as titles). It does not include Balzac's five theatrical plays or his collection of humorous tales, the "Contes drolatiques" (18...

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, 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 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. En...

Immerse yourself in the intricate world of Marcel Proust's The Captive, a masterful exploration of obsession and desire. Set in the backdrop of early 20th-century Paris, this novel delves deep into the complexities of love and possession.As Proust's narrative unfolds, discover a tale where emotional entanglements and psychological depth intertwine. The story meticulously examines the nuances of captivity—both literal and metaphorical—creating a rich tapestr...

Time Regained was written in the year 1931 by Marcel Proust. This book is one of the most popular novels of Marcel Proust, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

In the sixth volume of the series fitting seems that Proust's past actions conclude with a fair resolution. The captive is now the fugitive. Like in previous volumes, envy and distrusts eventually reveals unsuspected and unwanted revelations that leads Proust to reconcile himself with his melancholy. But unfortunately happiness still running away for him, and the marriage of his once good friends face him against his own misery which he tries to cover with indifference.

Russia's famous novelist receives the scholarly Delphi treatment! This eBook offers readers ALL of Turgenev's major works and a wealth of other material too. (Version: 2)Features:* brief but informative introductions to the novels and other works* ALL 6 novels and 11 novellas, each with their own contents table* Almost ALL of the short stories and novellas, with excellent formatting* almost ALL of Turgenev's plays - discover 8 rare plays - first time in d...

Émile Zola was the most prominent French novelist of the late nineteenth century. He was noted for his theories of naturalism, which permeate his monumental 20-novel series ‘Les Rougon-Macquart’. Recognised in his lifetime as one of the greatest novelists of his era, Zola was also as a man of action, a defender of truth and justice, and a champion of the poor and persecuted. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Zola’s complete works, with numerous illustrat...