The Captive & the Fugitive by Marcel Proust

The Captive & the Fugitive

À la recherche du temps perdu #5-6

Marcel Proust with Terence Kilmartin (Translator), C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator)

992 pages first pub 1925 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

The Modern Library's fifth volume of In Search of Lost Time contains both The Captive (1923) and The Fugitive (1925). In The Captive, Proust's narrator describes living in his mother's Paris apartment with his lover, Albertine, and subsequently fa...

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Community Reviews Summary of 115 reviews

Moods

challenging 85%
reflective 85%
emotional 28%
dark 14%
sad 14%

Pace

slow 85%
medium 14%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 80% | A mix: 20%

Strong character development?

Yes: 83% | No: 16%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 66% | No: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

It's complicated: 50% | No: 33% | Yes: 16%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%

Average rating

4.37

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