In Search of Lost Time: A Character Directory
Publisher
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Table ronde
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EAN
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9782710367154
Number of pages
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137
Description
Marcel Proust’s monumental saga, In Search of Lost Time, is often ranked as one of the top ten best novels of all time and is thought by many scholars to be the definitive modern novel. It is also one of the longest novels ever written. The characters in the seven-volume epic include the narrator’s household, other entire families such as the Guermandes and the Swanns, and more than 200 additional characters.
In A Character Directory, Michel Erman tracks each person mentioned in the 4,000 pages of In Search of Lost Time. He covers Albertine, Swann, and Bergotte of course, but no one is left out, including minor characters such as the valet or the milk lady seen briefly at the train station. In dictionary form, Erman provides the historical and psychological background of each person. In Proust’s own style, he methodically introduces every character’s social background before explaining their relationship with others in the book and briefly analyzing their feelings toward each other.
A Character Directory is an indispensable companion to readers who are just starting the first volume, Swann’s Way, or for those who are already fans of Marcel Proust and want to immerse themselves in In Search of Lost Time again.
Author
Michel Erman : Michel Erman is a professor of literature at the University of Burgundy. He is a specialist in Proust’s work and has written a notable biography about him, Marcel Proust (Fayard, 1994).
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