“For those interested in understanding Proust ’s masterpiece in its social, historical, or autobiographical context, this book is indispensable… Even in these early sketches, his prose dazzles and thrills.”

—Harper’s

“Fascinating.” —The Telegraph

Now avai able for the first time in English. Here is a literar y magnum opus finding its final form.

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