

Within a Budding Grove
Author: Marcel Proust
Narrator: Neville Jason
Unabridged: 26 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 02/27/2012
Categories: Fiction
Author: Marcel Proust
Narrator: Neville Jason
Unabridged: 26 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 02/27/2012
Categories: Fiction
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental In Search of Lost Time, which was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. His writings were published in numerous literary magazines, including Le Mensuel and La Revue Blanche, and he also authored the posthumously published Jean Santeuil.
Peacockery… Exclusive circles exist under the sign of swagger… However, wishing to magnify themselves in the eyes of the princely or ducal families which are their immediate superiors, these aristocrats also know that they can do this only if they enhance their name with something extraneous to it, s......more
[Original review of print edition] There's a lot of stuff in Volume 2 of A la recherche du temps perdu, and people see different things in it. To me, though, the unifying theme is a continuation of Proust's analysis of how romantic relationships work, which he started in Un Amour de Swann. There, he......more