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1) Swann's way
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Presents the first book of Proust's monumental work "Remembrance of Things Past", introducing such themes as the destructive force of obsessive love, the allure and the consequences of transgressive sex, and the selective eye that shapes memories.
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Remembrance of things past volume III-IV
In Search of Lost Time
À la recherche du temps perdu volume 3
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In Search of Lost Time
À la recherche du temps perdu volume 3
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The third installment of the French author's multivolume autobiographical novel, originally published in 1920-1921, in which the narrator enters the brilliant, shallow world of Parisian literary and aristocratic salons of the late 19th century.
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Works of Stendhal volume 1-2
Doubleday anchor books volume A1
Recorded Books classics library
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Doubleday anchor books volume A1
Recorded Books classics library
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Written in just fifty-two days in the year 1839, "The Charterhouse of Parma" has since become known as Stendhal's finest work. Evidence of haste is infrequently apparent in this remarkable story, which follows the eventful life of the young Italian nobleman Fabrizio del Dongo. From his childhood in the family castle by Lake Como to the battlefields of Waterloo, Fabrizio proves himself charmingly headstrong and painfully naïve. Upon returning injured...
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The fourth installment of Marcel Proust's autobiographical novel, in which the narrator witnesses an encounter between the Baron de Charlus and the tailor Jupien, opening his eyes to a world hitherto hidden from him. Meanwhile, his love for Albertine is poisoned by the suspicion that she is attracted to her own sex.
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Recherche du temps perdu volume 5
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Presents the fifth volume in Proust's autobiographical novel, including "The Captive," and "The Fugitive," originally published in 1923-25, focusing on Marcel's relationship with his lover, Albertine.