{"product_id":"the-guermantes-way-paperback","title":"The Guermantes Way - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcel Proust\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eC. K. Scott Moncrieff\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eTerence Kilmartin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"Guermantes Way,\" in this the third volume of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e, refers to the path that leads to the Duc and Duchess de Guermantes's ch teau near Combray. It also represents the narrator's passage into the rarefied \"social kaleidoscope\" of the Guermantes's Paris salon, an important intellectual playground for Parisian society, where he becomes a party to the wit and manners of the Guermantes's drawing room. Here he encounters nobles, officers, socialites, and assorted consorts, including Robert de Saint Loup and his prostitute mistress Rachel, the Baron de Charlus, and the Prince de Borodino. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor this authoritative English-language edition, D. J. Enright has revised the late Terence Kilmartin's acclaimed reworking of C. K. Scott Moncrieff's translation to take into account the new definitive French editions of \u003ci\u003e  la recherch  du temps perdu\u003c\/i\u003e (the final volume of these new editions was published by the Biblioth que de la Pl iade in 1989).\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"Guermantes Way,\" in this the third volume of \"In Search of Lost Time, refers to the path that leads to the Duc and Duchess de Guermantes's chateau near Combray. It also represents the narrator's passage into the rarefied \"social kaleidoscope\" of the Guermantes's Paris salon, an important intellectual playground for Parisian society, where he becomes a party to the wit and manners of the Guermantes's drawing room. Here he encounters nobles, officers, socialites, and assorted consorts, including Robert de Saint Loup and his prostitute mistress Rachel, the Baron de Charlus, and the Prince de Borodino. \u003cbr\u003eFor this authoritative English-language edition, D. J. Enright has revised the late Terence Kilmartin's acclaimed reworking of C. K. Scott Moncrieff's translation to take into account the new definitive French editions of \"A la recherche du temps perdu (the final volume of these new editions was published by the Bibliotheque de la Pleiade in 1989).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcel Proust\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the Parisian suburb of Auteuil on July 10, 1871. He began work on \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e sometime around 1908, and the first volume, \u003ci\u003eSwann's Way, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1913. In 1919 the second volume, \u003ci\u003eWithin a Budding Grove, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Goncourt Prize, bringing Proust great and instantaneous fame. Two subsequent installments--\u003ci\u003eThe Guermantes Way\u003c\/i\u003e (1920-21) and \u003ci\u003eSodom and Gomorrah\u003c\/i\u003e (1921)--appeared in his lifetime. The remaining volumes were published following Proust's death on November 18, 1922: \u003ci\u003eThe Captive\u003c\/i\u003e in 1923, \u003ci\u003eThe Fugitive\u003c\/i\u003e in 1925, and \u003ci\u003eTime Regained\u003c\/i\u003e in 1927.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 864\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8 x 4.82 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red Badge of Courage (Unabridged)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755635671328,"sku":"9780375752339","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b7de9853f28e4b0be53effae2e4e7bc5.webp?v=1780064315","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-guermantes-way-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}