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# The Guermantes Way

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desertcart.com: The Guermantes Way: 9780143039228: Proust, Marcel, Treharne, Mark, Treharne, Mark, Treharne, Mark, Prendergast, Christopher: Books

Review: The best Proust translation, still. - The Montcrieff translation of Book Three of “In Search of Lost Time.” IMO it’s still the best Proust in English- especially after some fine tuning by William C. Carter in this handsome Yale University Press edition. My only slight negative is that the footnotes seem to assume readers these days have absolutely no general knowledge about anything. While that might be true, I hope it isn’t!
Review: Incredible Writing of Proust - Amazingly wonderful Proust, and takes you in the world of the gentleness. You just have to be alert for the jokes so you do not miss them. Example: Proust as a child meets Gilbert, and he waives at her with a polite smile. She responds by flipping him off. After that he is madly in love with her for the rest of her life (sound like my life). Proust is told that Robert is desperately in love with Rachel. Proust says that from his experience, this kind of love leads to mental illness, crime, and suicide. So, "when I learned that Robert is in love, I considered him a man who is very sick and does not have a long time to live." Proust is invited to a fancy dinner party, but he is not sure if he is up to the class of people. He says "I told the guy to mumble my name, since I did not want to embarrass myself if I were not invited, and I did not want to embarrass the hostess if I was." Another joke: Proust asks Robert if he could borrow the picture of Robert's aunt, in a low cut dress. Robert says, "I need her permission first." (Proust explains that Robert suspected that Proust is going to use the picture for an immoral purpose.) Another Joke: Robert is jealous when Robert goes out with Rachel. Proust says: "When Robert enters the room, Robert will actually spot the good looking men before Rachel does." Mr. Charles says, "Everyone is a prince now days. I call myself a prince only when I want to travel incognito." Swan is in love with Odette and she is dumping him. He wants to stop thinking about her, but all he does is think about her. When she travels to the music festival, he is at the location searching for her, but at the same time trying to avoid running into her. His friend says: "Do you realize we are going around in circles looking for the person we are trying so hard to avoid running into." In Proust it is a whole world like this. No one is alone. Everyone knows everyone. You are going to dinner parties. You are meeting people. You have a life of plenty. If you see someone you like, just ask to be introduced. If you are lonely for love, your friend will fix up with his cousin or his aunt or his other aunt. No one is alone. No one hurts anyone. No one hits anyone. Everyone gets something. Yes there is heartache, but you get over it, and later you realize it is just time passing. You realize that you are living through time, and that is what makes life worthwhile. That is why I love Proust. At the end of it all, it is all about time passing, time passing, and we all live and enjoy the ride.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #449,233 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,239 in Biographical & Autofiction #5,564 in Classic Literature & Fiction #14,501 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (143) |
| Dimensions  | 1.5 x 7.3 x 9.2 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 0143039229 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0143039228 |
| Item Weight  | 1.61 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 640 pages |
| Publication date  | May 31, 2005 |
| Publisher  | Penguin Classics |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best Proust translation, still.
*by M***R on July 1, 2025*

The Montcrieff translation of Book Three of “In Search of Lost Time.” IMO it’s still the best Proust in English- especially after some fine tuning by William C. Carter in this handsome Yale University Press edition. My only slight negative is that the footnotes seem to assume readers these days have absolutely no general knowledge about anything. While that might be true, I hope it isn’t!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible Writing of Proust
*by G***E on June 18, 2022*

Amazingly wonderful Proust, and takes you in the world of the gentleness. You just have to be alert for the jokes so you do not miss them. Example: Proust as a child meets Gilbert, and he waives at her with a polite smile. She responds by flipping him off. After that he is madly in love with her for the rest of her life (sound like my life). Proust is told that Robert is desperately in love with Rachel. Proust says that from his experience, this kind of love leads to mental illness, crime, and suicide. So, "when I learned that Robert is in love, I considered him a man who is very sick and does not have a long time to live." Proust is invited to a fancy dinner party, but he is not sure if he is up to the class of people. He says "I told the guy to mumble my name, since I did not want to embarrass myself if I were not invited, and I did not want to embarrass the hostess if I was." Another joke: Proust asks Robert if he could borrow the picture of Robert's aunt, in a low cut dress. Robert says, "I need her permission first." (Proust explains that Robert suspected that Proust is going to use the picture for an immoral purpose.) Another Joke: Robert is jealous when Robert goes out with Rachel. Proust says: "When Robert enters the room, Robert will actually spot the good looking men before Rachel does." Mr. Charles says, "Everyone is a prince now days. I call myself a prince only when I want to travel incognito." Swan is in love with Odette and she is dumping him. He wants to stop thinking about her, but all he does is think about her. When she travels to the music festival, he is at the location searching for her, but at the same time trying to avoid running into her. His friend says: "Do you realize we are going around in circles looking for the person we are trying so hard to avoid running into." In Proust it is a whole world like this. No one is alone. Everyone knows everyone. You are going to dinner parties. You are meeting people. You have a life of plenty. If you see someone you like, just ask to be introduced. If you are lonely for love, your friend will fix up with his cousin or his aunt or his other aunt. No one is alone. No one hurts anyone. No one hits anyone. Everyone gets something. Yes there is heartache, but you get over it, and later you realize it is just time passing. You realize that you are living through time, and that is what makes life worthwhile. That is why I love Proust. At the end of it all, it is all about time passing, time passing, and we all live and enjoy the ride.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A smooth, colloquial translation of Proust's Vol. 1
*by G***R on August 19, 2025*

I've tried several times to get through Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" -- this series, newly translated, may allow me to digest his complex, self-absorbed musings and observations of the social world(s) he lives in.

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