II extremities a little darkened, edges and endpapers foxed, contents clean jackets sharp, browning to spines and flap folds, lightly rubbed, a few marks, not price-clipped: a near-fine set in like jackets.Ĭonnolly, Modern Movement 23. Original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges blue, others uncut, title pages unopened. I don't think there ever has been in the whole of literature such an example of the power of analysis, and I feel pretty safe in saying that there will never be another" (pp. Proust wrote to Scott-Moncrieff after reading his translation of the first instalment, Swann's Way, to compliment his "fine talent".Ĭonrad stated of Proust: "Whereas before we had analysis allied to creative art, great in poetic conception, in observation, or in style, his is a creative art absolutely based on analysis. This is the third instalment in Proust's roman a fleuve À la recherche du temps perdu (1913-1927), which is universally acclaimed as among the most influential works of modern fiction. First edition in English, first impression, retaining the scarce jackets.
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