Pleasures and Days and "Memory" / Les Plaisirs et les Jours et "Souvenir" Short Stories by Marcel Proust (eBook)

A Dual-Language Book

Marcel Proust (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
352 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-31668-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Selections from the satirical, moving short stories and sketches featured in Proust's first published work. Telling reflections of the lives, loves, manners, and motivations of salon society in fin-de-siècle Paris.

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Set amid the salon society of fin-de-siècle Paris, these captivating tales offer satirical and moving depictions of metropolitan life. Proust's stunning debut chronicles the lives, loves, manners, and motivations of a fascinating cast of characters. These philosophical reflections, brief narratives, and prose poems established the 22-year-old author as a remarkable collector of exquisitely poignant sensations and recollections.Appropriate for intermediate-level students of French, this dual-language volume is equally suited to classroom use and to independent study. New English translations appear on pages facing the original French text. Readers will find this volume a fascinating introduction to the works of a key figure of French literature as well as a valuable aid to mastering one of the world's most enchanting languages.

Autor

Marcel Proust (1871–1922) published his first book, Les Plaisirs et les Jours, in 1896, under the patronage of Anatole France. He is best known for his six-volume, 4,000-page novel, À la recherche du temps perdu, written and published over a 14-year period.Edward H. Ousselin, Professor of Modern and Classical Languages at Western Washington University, is the author of The Invention of Europe in French Literature and Film.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.9.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Dual Language French
• Übersetzer: Edward H Ousselin
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: dual language • French Language • French reader • French short stories • Marcel Proust • marcel proust, salon society, fin de siècle paris, captivating tales, satire, metropolitan life, lives, loves, manners, motivations, exquisitely poignant sensations, dual language book, english to french, independent study, intermediate french, language learning, philosophical reflections, brief narratives, prose poems, classroom use, language mastery
• ISBN-10: 0-486-31668-8 / 0486316688
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-31668-0 / 9780486316680