In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 2 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)5 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower + Proust's elemental volume + Another fine translation... + the new translation is a joy to read + In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower             The Prisoner and The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5)6 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2003 5th and 6th 12 years off + smooth sailing from here on out! + Don't stop now + Frustrating, with moments of greatness             Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)2 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 Helpful Footnotes + Sodom and Gomorrah This new translations features 29 pages of helpful footnotes - limiting the need to constantly turn to Wikipedia for elucidation of Proust's many historical and literary references. The translation is easy to follow.             Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)14 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2004 Immerse yourself in a rich, dense world of descriptive thought + new translation of "Swan's Way" + Best Read I've Had In A While + Lush inside and out             Marcel Proust: A Life11 reviews Jean-Yves Tadie Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001 a panorama almost as vast as Proust's! + Masterpiece I concur with the reviewer who suggested that the newbie proceed as follows: 1) Read Edmund White's little Penguin biography so as to orient yourself. This will lessen the culture shock when you are first confronted with Swann's Way (or The Way by Swann's, as the English prefer). 2) Read ...             Proust (Calderbooks)3 reviews Samuel Beckett Riverrun Press (New York, NY), 1989 On of the best works on Proust, ever + A masterful study of Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" + A brilliantly constructed and movingly written book. One of the best studies ever written about Proust's novel is also one of the earliest. Beckett's reading underscores the novel's pessimism--the bleak futility of human relations, the stupifying effects of Habit, the "poisonous ingenuity" of Time--yet is itself a brisk, erudite, hilarious, dark, ...             Proust (German Language Edition) Samuel Beckett, Katharina Raabe, ... Arche Verlag, 2001             Marcel Proust (Penguin Lives)14 reviews Edmund White Viking Adult, 1999 Excellent brief biography of Proust + It's a Dandy + Making the Enormous Manageable + Remembrance of Marcel Proust             Finding Time Again (In Search of Lost Time 6)2 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Books Ltd, 2003 again, a misleading heading + You've come this far, don't stop now Though it bears the title of Proust's seven-volume masterpiece, this is actually just the final volume, called "Finding Time Again" in this new translation. This particular book would be the British paperback edition, for the American press run has so far only given us four volumes, all of which ...             The Guermantes Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 3 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)3 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 Holy Grail of literature + Proust vs. Wagner + Proust knows the way If I had to send a single book to space martians, it would probably be Anna Karenina, the most concise powerhouse ever written. But as for sheer reading experience and linguistic ability, Proust is the grandmaster. In Search of Lost Time is the most staggering human achievement ever produced. ...             Proust3 reviews Samuel Beckett Grove Press, 1978 On of the best works on Proust, ever + A masterful study of Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" + A brilliantly constructed and movingly written book. One of the best studies ever written about Proust's novel is also one of the earliest. Beckett's reading underscores the novel's pessimism--the bleak futility of human relations, the stupifying effects of Habit, the "poisonous ingenuity" of Time--yet is itself a brisk, erudite, hilarious, dark, ...             Proust (German Language Edition) Samuel Beckett, Katharina Raabe, ... Arche Verlag, 2001             Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)14 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2004 Immerse yourself in a rich, dense world of descriptive thought + new translation of "Swan's Way" + Best Read I've Had In A While + Lush inside and out             Marcel Proust: A Life11 reviews Jean-Yves Tadie Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001 a panorama almost as vast as Proust's! + Masterpiece I concur with the reviewer who suggested that the newbie proceed as follows: 1) Read Edmund White's little Penguin biography so as to orient yourself. This will lessen the culture shock when you are first confronted with Swann's Way (or The Way by Swann's, as the English prefer). 2) Read ...             Marcel Proust (Penguin Lives)14 reviews Edmund White Viking Adult, 1999 Excellent brief biography of Proust + It's a Dandy + Making the Enormous Manageable + Remembrance of Marcel Proust             Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)2 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 Helpful Footnotes + Sodom and Gomorrah This new translations features 29 pages of helpful footnotes - limiting the need to constantly turn to Wikipedia for elucidation of Proust's many historical and literary references. The translation is easy to follow.             In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 2 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)5 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower + Proust's elemental volume + Another fine translation... + the new translation is a joy to read + In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower             The Guermantes Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 3 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)3 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Classics, 2005 Holy Grail of literature + Proust vs. Wagner + Proust knows the way If I had to send a single book to space martians, it would probably be Anna Karenina, the most concise powerhouse ever written. But as for sheer reading experience and linguistic ability, Proust is the grandmaster. In Search of Lost Time is the most staggering human achievement ever produced. ...             Proust (Calderbooks)3 reviews Samuel Beckett Riverrun Press (New York, NY), 1989 On of the best works on Proust, ever + A masterful study of Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" + A brilliantly constructed and movingly written book. One of the best studies ever written about Proust's novel is also one of the earliest. Beckett's reading underscores the novel's pessimism--the bleak futility of human relations, the stupifying effects of Habit, the "poisonous ingenuity" of Time--yet is itself a brisk, erudite, hilarious, dark, ...             Finding Time Again (In Search of Lost Time 6)2 reviews Marcel Proust Penguin Books Ltd, 2003 again, a misleading heading + You've come this far, don't stop now Though it bears the title of Proust's seven-volume masterpiece, this is actually just the final volume, called "Finding Time Again" in this new translation. This particular book would be the British paperback edition, for the American press run has so far only given us four volumes, all of which ...