Book description
THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND
KILMARTIN TRANSLATION
In the two novels - The Captive and The Fugitive -
contained in this volume, Proust's narrator is living in his mother's
apartment in Paris with his lover, Albertine. However, this is far
from an idyllic state of affairs. His obsessive love for her means
that their relationship is shadowed by jealousy and headed for tragedy.
Marcel Proust was born in Auteuil in 1871. In his twenties he became
a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris
salons of the day. After 1889, however, his suffering from chronic
asthma, the death of his parents and his growing disillustionment with
humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. He slept by
day and worked by night, writing letters and devoting himself to the
completion of
A la recherche du temps perdu
. He died in 1922 before publication of the last three volumes of his
great life's work.
