Pleasures and days / Marcel Proust ; translated by Andrew Brown ; [foreword by A.N. Wilson].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922.

Contributor:

Brown, Andrew.

Standardized Title:

Plaisirs et les jours. English

Language:

English

French

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

xviii, 173 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hesperus Press, 2004.

Summary:

Set amid the salon society of "fin-du-siecle Paris, these sketches and short stories depict the lives, loves, manners, and motivations of a host of characters, all viewed with a famously knowing eye. By turns cuttingly satirical and bitterly moving, Proust's portrayals are layered with imagery and feeling--whether they be of the aspiring Bouvard and Pecuchet, the deluded Madame de Breyves, or of Baldassare Silvande, steeped in memories, regret, and final understanding at the end of his life. Novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was a prominent figure in the French salons of the late 19th century; he is best remembered for his seven-volume masterpiece "In Search of Lost Time.

Contents:

Pleasures and Days 1

The Death of Baldassare Silvande 9

Violante, or High Society 29

Fragments from Italian Comedy 39

Bouvard and Pecuchet on Society and Music 59

Mme de Breyves's Melancholy Summer Vacation 69

Portraits of Painters and Musicians 83

The Confession of a Young Woman 89

A Dinner in Town 101

Nostalgia

Daydreams under Changing Skies 109

The End of Jealousy 151.

Notes:

Translation of Les plaisirs et les jours.

"Hesperus classics."

Includes biographical notes.

Includes bibliographical references (page 172).

ISBN:

184391090X

OCLC:

56126375