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Written by Marcel Proust - Performed & abridged by Neville Jason - Abridged Fiction with music by Fauré, Chabrier & David - 3 COMPACT DISCS - 3.5 hours

Publisher, Naxos Audiobooks

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Marcel Proust's great work , the major French literary statement of the 20th Century, looks back at the old social order while noting the rise of a different way of life. It is extraordinary, not only in its length, but for the remarkable observations on the aspirations, the foibles and the emotions of life. Once experienced, the voice of Proust is never forgotten. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu is a novel you will never forget.

Swann's Way forms the first part of Marcel Proust's magnificent autobiographical cycle Remembrance of Things Past. Here, Proust's vision, psychological understanding and vivid powers of description combine to create one of the most poetic and magical works in all literature. For lovers of the original text there are new delights to be found in this audiobook version, while those dicovering the work for the first time may be surprised to find it so accessible.

Neville Jason trained at RADA where he was awarded the Diction Prize by Sir John Gielgud. He has worked with the RSC, as well as in films and musicals. In television he has appeared in popular serials such as Maigret and Dr. Who. He is frequently to be heard on radio.

The first 11 (of 12) volumes of Naxos AudioBooks' Remembrance of Things Past series use C.K. Scott Moncrieff's translation. Translation of Volume 12 : Time Regained was done by Neville Jason (who adapted our entire series for audio, and is its performer.