“For those interested in understanding Proust ’s masterpiece in its social, historical, or autobiographical

context, this book is indispensable… Even in these

early sketches, his prose dazzles and thrills.”

—Harper’s

“Fascinating.” —The Telegraph

Now avai able for the first time

in English. Here is a literar y magnum opus finding its final form.

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