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Written by Marcel Proust - Performed & abridged by Neville Jason - Abridged Fiction with music by David, Fauré, Debussy - 3 COMPACT DISCS - 2.6 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 in Love is the continuation of Swann's Way, the first part of Marcel Proust's monumental cycle Remembrance of Things Past. It tells the story of man-about-town Charles Swann's passionate, tormented love affair with the courtesan Odette de Crécy, and of its surprising outcome. Set in the degenerate demi-monde of 19th century Paris as well as in the fashionable drawing rooms of the aristocracy, this new audiobook vividly brings to life the descriptive genius of the original novel.

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.