PENGUIN CLASSICS CLOTHBOUND : REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST: VOLUME 1 HC – MARCEL PROUST-C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF

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. Scott Moncrieff s [volumes] belong to that special category of translations which are themselves literary masterpieces … his book is one of those translations, such as the Authorized Version of the Bible itself, which can never be displaced – A. N. Wilson For the reader wishing to tackle Proust your guide must be C K Scott Moncrieff … There are some who believe his headily perfumed translation of A la recherche du temps perdu conjures Belle Epoque France more vividly even than the original – Telegraph I was more interested and fascinated by your rendering than by Proust s creation – Joseph Conrad to Scott Moncrieff