Remembrance of Things Past Volume One: 1 (Classics of World Literature, Volume I)

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Gracq, Julien, "Proust Considered as An End Point," in Reading Writing (New York: Turtle Point Press,), 113–130.

Proust, Marcel. (Carol Clark, Peter Collier, trans.) The Prisoner and The Fugitive. London: Penguin Books Ltd, 2003. ISBN 0-14-118035-8 Volume Three: The Guermantes Way [ edit ] Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe (1905), by Philip de László, who served as the model for the character of the Duchesse de Guermantes In 1882, at the age of eleven, Proust became a pupil at the Lycée Condorcet; however, his education was disrupted by his illness. Despite this, he excelled in literature, receiving an award in his final year. Thanks to his classmates, he was able to gain access to some of the salons of the upper bourgeoisie, providing him with copious material for In Search of Lost Time. [10] Marcel Proust (seated), Robert de Flers (left), and Lucien Daudet (right), c. 1894

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Swann’s own anguish and jealousy are material for Proust’s psychological insight into human relations. Swann seems to be more successful in the world of art than he is in the search for love. This quest takes him into the Verdurin salon, where love of the arts and fear of being excluded from high society are a constant concern. Once married to Odette, he realizes that she is not really his type of woman. When he contemplates her, it is to transform her into the biblical figures portrayed by the Italian painter Sandro Botticelli.Scott Moncrieff's [volumes] belong to that special category of translations which are themselves literary masterpieces ... his book is one of those translations, such as the Authorized Version of the Bible itself, which can never be displaced' - A. N. Wilson Proust is known to have been homosexual; his sexuality and relationships with men are often discussed by his biographers. [16] Although his housekeeper, Céleste Albaret, denies this aspect of Proust's sexuality in her memoirs, [17] her denial runs contrary to the statements of many of Proust's friends and contemporaries, including his fellow writer André Gide [18] as well as his valet Ernest A. Forssgren. [19] Proust was involved in writing and publishing from an early age. In addition to the literary magazines with which he was associated, and in which he published while at school ( La Revue verte and La Revue lilas), from 1890 to 1891 he published a regular society column in the journal Le Mensuel. [6] In 1892, he was involved in founding a literary review called Le Banquet (also the French title of Plato's Symposium), and throughout the next several years Proust published small pieces regularly in this journal and in the prestigious La Revue Blanche.

Being the human sunshine of the group, Hu Jing Jing is the one everyone spills their troubles to. She's the one that holds the group together. Underneath all of that selflessness, though, is someone broken and struggling. I won't say too much, because she's a huge spoiler-y part of the story, but her character is very complex and overall just heart-breaking. There is much debate as to how great a bearing Proust's sexuality has on understanding these aspects of the novel. Although many of Proust's close family and friends suspected that he was homosexual, Proust never admitted this. It was only after his death that André Gide, in his publication of correspondence with Proust, made public Proust's homosexuality. In response to Gide's criticism that he hid his actual sexuality within his novel, Proust told Gide that "one can say anything so long as one does not say 'I'." [10] Proust's intimate relations with such individuals as Alfred Agostinelli and Reynaldo Hahn are well-documented, though Proust was not "out and proud", except perhaps in close-knit social circles. Karpeles, Eric. Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to in Search of Lost Time. Thames & Hudson, 2008. ISBN 978-0500238547 In progress: Swann's Way ISBN 978-0300185430; In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower ISBN 978-0300185423; The Guermantes Way ISBN 978-0300186192; Sodom and Gomorrah ISBN 978-0300186208; The Captive and The Fugitive ISBN 978-0300186215Albertine Simonet: A privileged orphan of average beauty and intelligence. The narrator's romance with her is the subject of much of the novel.