Written by Marcel Proust - Performed & abridged by Neville Jason - Abridged Fiction - Produced by Nicolas Soames 3 COMPACT DISCS with classical music by David, Ciurlionis and Scriabin - 4 hours Publisher, Naxos Audiobooks (February 2001) 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. Albertine has finally escaped from Marcel's Paris apartment, where his obsessive jealousy had turned her into a virtual prisoner. Not only is Marcel quite unprepared for the effect of her flight on him, but also he is soon devastated by news of an even more irresistible loss, in the eleventh volume of Naxos AudioBooks' highly-acclaimed Remembrance of Things Past recordings. Actor/performer, Neville Jason's outstanding abridgment and performance of this great classic works towards the end… 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. |
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