Swann in love / Marcel Proust ; translated by Brian Nelson ; with an introduction and notes by Adam Watt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1953 Fund.

Nelson, Brian, 1946- translator.

Watt, Adam A. (Adam Andrew), 1979- editor.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Standardized Title:

Amour de Swann. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

France--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

France.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novellas.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 194 pages ; 20 cm.

Edition:

Oxford World's Classics paperback.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

Set against the backdrop of Paris at the end of the nineteenth century, presents a portrait of a stormy love affair between the courtesan Odette de Crécy and upper-class socialite Charles Swann that gives way to profound meditations on love and jealousy.

Set against the backdrop of Paris at the end of the nineteenth century, presents a portrait of a stormy love affair between the courtesan Odette de Crécy and upper-class socialite Charles Swann that gives way to profound meditations on love and jealousy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxii-xxxv).

Part 2 of 'Du côté de chez Swann' (Swann's way).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9780198744894

0198744897

OCLC:

982092970

Publisher Number:

99977132987