The Prisoner and The Fugitive
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 falling out of love with her. In The Fugitive, the...
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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 falling out of love with her. In The Fugitive, the narrator loses Albertine forever. Rich with irony, The Captive and The Fugitive
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Format: Paperback
ASIN: 0141180358
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 693
Edition language: English
Series: À la recherche du temps perdu (#5)
--The Captive (In Search of Lost Time Volume V)--The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time Volume VI)NotesAddendaSynopsis
bookshelves: published-1925, lit-richer, france, fradio, radio-4x, epic-proportions, classic Read on November 17, 2013 Hiding away from his turbulent love affair with Albertine, Marcel receives a devastating telegram. Stars James Wilby."We are a hundred different people every day"This is the one...
Like the previous four volumes, both the Captive and the Fugitive are a delight. The Fugitive much more so than the Captive, in my opinion.The Captive opens with Albertine moving into Marcel's Parisian home. His parents are conveniently absent. There's a lot to love about this volume, and I especial...
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