In Search of Penguin’s Proust

Posted by Kevin Donovan on December 21, 2018 · Leave a Comment 

In the early 2000s, Penguin Books embarked on one of the most ambitious literary exercises in modern history. The publishing house had commissioned a complete English translation of Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu, the first time in 80 years anyone had taken a fresh stab at the 4,250 page leviathan as a … Continue reading →

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