In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5: The Prisoner and the Fugitive by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5: The Prisoner and the Fugitive

À la recherche du temps perdu #5-6

Marcel Proust with Carol Clark (Translator), Peter Collier (Translator), Christopher Prendergast

692 pages first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

Since the original, prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged, comic and lucid Proust. IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME is one of the greates...

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Community Reviews Summary of 125 reviews

Moods

challenging 87%
reflective 87%
emotional 25%
dark 12%
sad 12%

Pace

slow 87%
medium 12%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 83% | A mix: 16%

Strong character development?

Yes: 71% | No: 28%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 57% | No: 42%

Diverse cast of characters?

It's complicated: 57% | No: 28% | Yes: 14%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 85% | It's complicated: 14%

Average rating

4.35

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