Marcel Proust

'the metamorphosis of Monsieur de Charlus into a new person was so complete that... everything which had appeared incoherent to me until then, was becoming intelligible, and self-evident'The fourth volume of Proust's In Search of Lost Time extends the protagonist's journey of discovery into the social world of fin-de-siecle France. As the biblically inflected title, Sodom and Gomorrah, suggests, however, this world has taken on a new colouring. Through a succession of observations--both voyeuristic and overt--Proust's protagonist encounters and begins to appreciate the great diversity of sexual identities and proclivities that underpin human relations. At the heart of this volume that buzzes with chatter, gossip, and position-taking, is the Baron de Charlus, whose relationship with the working-class Charlie Morel is a central preoccupation of the narrative. This volume lays bare the ways in which ambitions and desires are nurtured, projected, masked, and exposed. Suffering, in love, is rarely far away. Sodom and Gomorrah explores frictions between the social classes via the Verdurins' upward climb and the ways in which the impulses of desire can cut across society's arbitrary boundaries. The narrator recounts his retrospective devastation at the death of his grandmother, and while his connection to Albertine deepens, it is his uncertainty about the true nature of her sexual identity that binds him closer to her, leading to a fraught denouement that paves the way for the next, fateful phase of their relationship. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

A stand-alone novella from Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time highlighting love's transformative force and the trap lying beneath: the insidious reach of jealousy. Charles Swann is a man about town with friends in high places. At Parisian society gatherings hosted by the wealthy Verdurin couple, he meets the intriguing Odette de Crécy. Though struck by how different they are, Swann's feelings for Odette deepen. As the Verdurin circle expands, he is overcome by doubts and unhealthy jealousies. Odette distances herself, and Swann is convinced he has a rival for her affections. Behaving erratically and tortured by spiralling thoughts, Swann's love becomes a sickly poison. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library: a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition of Swann in Love is translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff with an introduction by Marion Schmid.

''I was at one of those periods in youth--vacant, without any particular love object--when, like a lover seeing his beloved in all things, we desire, we seek, we see Beauty everywhere.''In the Shadow of Girls in Blossom, the second volume of Proust''s In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), is a novel of exploration and (self-) discovery, continuing the story of the narrator''s youth and adolescence. From the enclosed spaces of the fin-de-siecle social world that revolves around Madame Swann, we move to the fictional town of Balbec on the Normandy coast, a place where the social classes intermingle with mutual fascination. Against the ever-changing backdrop of the sea--a constant reminder of beauty, mutability, and the vastness of the world beyond individual human affairs--the narrator encounters individuals who will shape his experience and indelibly colour his outlook on that world. He finds a friend in the aristocratic Robert de Saint-Loup and is perplexed by his enigmatic uncle the Baron de Charlus; he finds a tutelary figure in Elstir, the gifted, idiosyncratic painter; and in Albertine he comes to recognise the blossoming girl who will become the love--and the bane--of his life. The novel provides a breath-taking illumination of what it is to encounter beauty and to seek to understand our relation to it, in people, in experiences, in art, or the landscape around us. An exploration of the thrills of infatuation, the fallibility of perception, and how desire builds and ebbs, the narrative prepares readers for the love affair that will define the narrator''s future existence and shape the volumes of In Search of Lost Time to come.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three stunning clothbound volumes designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel. C. K. Scott Moncrieff's famous translation from the 1920s is today regarded as a classic in its own right and is now available in three volumes in Penguin Classics.

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three stunning clothbound volumes designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel. C. K. Scott Moncrieff's famous translation from the 1920s is today regarded as a classic in its own right and is now available in three volumes in Penguin Classics.

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three stunning clothbound volumes designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel. C. K. Scott Moncrieff's famous translation from the 1920s is today regarded as a classic in its own right and is now available in three volumes in Penguin Classics. This first volume includes Swann's Way and Within a Budding Grove.

The definitive translation of one of the greatest French novels of the twentieth century In the opening volume of Proust's great novel, the narrator travels backwards in time in order to tell the story of a love affair that had taken place before his own birth. Swann's jealous love for Odette provides a prophetic model of the narrator's own relationships. All Proust's great themes - time and memory, love and loss, art and the artistic vocation - are here in kernel form. THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION The best translation available: 'A really major, significant achievement, and one that you should put on your Christmas list immediately' Guardian VINTAGE FRENCH CLASSICS - six masterpieces of French fiction in collectable editions.

Mielőtt kijutottunk volna a tulajdonképpeni villeboni útra, valamiféle széles fasoron mentünk, amely mintha tudta volna, hova visz. Még ma is, amikor nekem az összes hely a földön szép sorban megtagadta beleálmodott titokzatos lényegét, szép sorban megtanított rá, mennyire hasztalan, ha egy helységnév esztelen vágyat ébreszt bennem, hogy odautazzak, mégis úgy tűnik, ebben a fasorban van valami azzal rokon, amiről annyit ábrándoztam. Néha látom is álmomban, női alakok, félig árnyékba rejtve, valamilyen láthatatlan munkát végeznek. Érzem, ezúttal már nem képzeletben, hanem közvetlenül átérzem a táj titokzatos lényegét, a képzeletem lát, az álmomat élem, de akkor fölébredek. Máskor ébren élem át ezt a csodálatos érzést, de abban a pillanatban, amikor éppen megragadhatnám az allé rejtelmes különösségét, elalszom, vagy ha erőltetem az ébrenlétet, nem látom többé. Mert valóban vannak dolgok, amelyeket nem volna szabad nekünk megmutatni. És elnézve, hogy egész életem kimerül abban, hogy megpróbálom meglátni ezeket a dolgokat, úgy vélem, talán ez az Élet rejtett titka." Marcel Proust, 1908-ban, harminchét évesen sok kitérő után rájött, hogyan fogja megírni Az eltűnt idő nyomában hétkötetes, háromezer oldalas eposzát, mely a 20. század legnagyobb szellemi teljesítményei közé tartozik. A szerző hagyatékából néhány éve előkerült 75 kéziratlapot olvasva feltárul előttünk a nagy mű ősforrása, mintha maga Proust vezetné gondolatai kellős közepébe olvasóit. 110 évvel a regényfolyam első kötete, a Swann a megjelenése után az íróval együtt mi is átélhetjük mondatai és szereplői születésének pillanatait. Ezen a 75 kéziratlapon még szinte semmi sincs készen, de mégis minden a helyére kerül, kirajzolódnak a katedrálisokat idéző regényfolyam első körvonalai, s a szemünk láttára áll össze az összetéveszthetetlen Proust-mondat. Aki meg akarja érteni és élvezni akarja Az eltűnt idő nyomában mélyen örvénylő szövegtengerét, annak ez a könyv megbízható iránytűje lesz.

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel. C. K. Scott Moncrieff's famous translation from the 1920s is today regarded as a classic in its own right and is now available in three volumes in Penguin Classics. This second volume includes The Guermantes Way and Cities of the Plain.

Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel. C. K. Scott Moncrieff's famous translation from the 1920s is today regarded as a classic in its own right and is now available in three volumes in Penguin Classics. This third volume includes The Captive, The Sweet Cheat Gone and Time Regained.

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three volumes Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel. C. K. Scott Moncrieff's famous translation from the 1920s is today regarded as a classic in its own right and is now available in three volumes in Penguin Classics. This first volume includes Swann's Way and Within a Budding Grove.

A jegyzeteket és az utószót írta: Karafiáth Judit "Ez a rész a regényfolyam legimpresszionistább, legderűsebb kötete. (...) Ebben a kötetben kezdődik az elbeszélő beavatása a művészet világába." (részlet Karafiáth Judit utószavából) Az Atlantisz ezen Proust-kötete után már csak az új harmadik kötet hiányzik a teljes regényfolyam egységes magyar fordításához. A fordító, Jancsó Júlia 2015-ben Tengelyi László-díjat kapott, elnyerte a Széchenyi Irodalmi és Művészeti Akadémia Szekeres György-érmét is "Manapság - mondta - mindenki herceg, kell lennie valaminek, ami megkülönböztessen; hercegi címet majd akkor használok, ha rangrejtve akarok utazni."

New writing from the literary master Throughout Proust's life, nine of his short stories remained unseen - the writer never even spoke of them. Perhaps he was not ready to share the early themes he was nurturing for his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time. Or perhaps, in dealing directly with gay desire, they were too audacious - too near to life - for the censorious society of the time. In these stories, published in English for the first time, we find an intimate portrait of a young author full of darkness, complexity and melancholy, longing to reveal himself to the world.

Díly: Svět Swannových (388 stran), Ve stínu kvetoucích dívek (480 stran), Svět Guermantových (600 stran), Sodoma a Gomora (528 stran), Uvězněná (412 stran), Uprchlá (288 stran), Čas znovu nalezený (424 stran) Sedmidílný román Hledání ztraceného času, považovaný za jedno ze základních děl nejen francouzské, ale i světové literatury, vznikal v letech 1909 až 1922 a byl uveřejňován postupně v letech 1913 až 1927. Proustův román se odehrává v prostředí francouzské vyšší společnosti na přelomu 19. a 20. Lze-li o něm říci, že podává po Balzacově Lidské komedii nejúplnější "obraz mravů" své doby, zároveň platí, že autorovi jde o mnohem víc než o realistické zobrazení společnosti: hlavními tématy jeho díla jsou čas, paměť, umění a poznání. Hlavním "hrdinou" románu tohoto románu-řeka, či spíše románu-katedrála, který čítá 3120 stran a v němž figuruje více než 200 postav, je lidské vědomí. "Osud Proustova Hledání je současně záviděníhodný i nezáviděníhodný. Záviděníhodný proto, že Proustovi se skutečně podařilo splnit to, co si ve svém velkém románovém cyklu předsevzal: napsat dílo, kterým dosáhne nesmrtelnosti nejen v tom smyslu, že bude za nesmrtelné formálně uznáno (tedy že se stane součástí kánonu), ale především v tom smyslu, že málokterý román vede tak bohatý "posmrtný" život jako právě Hledání ztraceného času. Interpretací a analýz, které mu byly věnovány, je bezpočet. Celá řada filosofů, literárních teoretiků i estetiků se k Proustovi nepřestává vracet a konfrontovat se s ním. Proust je pro mnoho z nich nejen předmětem zájmu, ale skutečné fascinace: těchto sedm svazků čtenáři poskytuje nekonečné množství podnětů jak ke čtenářskému potěšení, tak k přemýšlení, neboť Proust není jen spisovatel, ale i výjimečný filosof, estetik i sociolog. Jeho dílo je natolik komplexní a mnohovrstevnaté, že zůstává - a navždy zůstane - pro čtenáře tajemstvím: můžeme je číst opakovaně, ale nikdy mu nelze být beze zbytku práv a proniknout do jeho vnitřní architektoniky natolik, abychom mohli říci, že nám nic nového už nemůže dát." Josef Fulka (z Doslovu k českému vydání). Autory překladu, jenž původně vycházel postupně v letech 1979 až 1988 a z něhož vychází i vydání současné, jsou Prokop Voskovec (díly I a II) a Jiří Pechar (díly III až VII). Jestliže Pecharův překlad v našem vydání nedoznal žádných změn, překlad Voskovcův (zejména díl Ve stínu kvetoucích dívek), jemuž úmrtí nedovolilo dílo dokončit, si vyžádal nezbytnou revizi. Nové vydání je doplněno o rozsáhlý doslov, jehož autorem je Josef Fulka, jeden z našich největších znalců Proustova díla.

Can we truly know the one we love? In this painfully candid book Marcel Proust looks straight into the green eye of every lover's jealous struggle. He broods on why we are driven to try possess one another, how jealousy can outlive death, and whether we can ever reclaim those careless days of first love. There is no greater chronicler of jealousy's darkest fears and destructive suspicions than Proust. Selected from the book In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human. Also in the Vintage Minis series: Desire by Haruki Murakami; Eating by Nigella Lawson; Home by Salman Rushdie; and, Babies by Anne Enright.

Az eltűnt idő nyomában befejező része után most az első kötet új fordítására is sor kerülhetett. Az Atlantisz Könyvkiadó ötödik Proust-könyve egységes fordításban olvasható teljes életművet enged remélni. "Lehet, hogy a semmi az igazság, és egész álomvilágunk nem létező, de érezzük, hogy akkor ezeknek a zenei frázisoknak, ezeknek a semmihez kötődően létező fogalmaknak is semmisnek kell lenniük. Kihunyunk, de túszként mellettünk vannak isteni foglyaink, akik velünk tartanak, bármi legyen is a sorsunk. Velük pedig a halál sem olyan keserű, nem olyan dicstelen, talán nem is annyira valószínű."