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内容简介 

Since the original prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged, comic and lucid Proust. "In Search of Lost Time" is one of the greatest, most entertaining reading experiences in any language. As the great story unfolds from its magical opening scenes to its devastating end, it is the "Penguin Proust" that makes Proust accessible to a new generation. Each volume is translated by a different, superb translator working under the general editorship of Professor Christopher Prendergast, University of Cambridge.

《追忆似水年华》（Remembrance of things past）(法语Se souvenir du passé)这部被誉为二十世纪最重要的文学作品之一的长篇巨著，以其出色的对心灵追索的描写和卓越的意识流技巧而风靡世界，并奠定了它在当代世界文学中的地位。

这一部与传统小说不同的长篇小说，全书以叙述者“我”为主体，将其所见所闻所思所感融合一体，既有对社会生活，人情世态的真实描写，又是一份作者自我追求，自我认识的内心经历的记录。除叙事以外，还包含有大量的感想和议论。

整部作品犹如一棵枝丫交错的大树，可以说是在一部主要小说上派生着许多独立成篇的其他小说，也可以说是一部交织着好几个主题曲的巨大交响乐。

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"As close to being a definitive English version of the great novel as we are likely to get. This new edition will serve to introduce new generations of readers to what Somerset Maugham rightly described as the greatest novel of our century." -- Allan Massie, "Scotsman" 

作者简介

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is now generally viewed as the greatest French novelist and perhaps the greatest European novelist of the 20th century. He lived much of his later life as a reclusive semi-invalid in a sound-proofed flat in Paris, giving himself over entirely to writing IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME.

马塞尔·普鲁斯特（Marcel Proust，1871-1922），出生在巴黎一个艺术气氛浓郁的家庭，但从小就因哮喘病而被“逐出了童年时代的伊甸园”。他的气质内向而敏感，对母亲的依恋，对文学的倾心，为以后的创作埋下了种子。他青年时代经常出入上流社会沙龙，在熟悉日后作品中人物的同时，看穿了这个社会的虚幻。父母相继去世后，他痛感“幸福的岁月是逝去的岁月”，开始写作《追寻逝去的时光》。在生命的最后十五年中写成的这部巨著，犹如枝叶常青的参天大树，屹立于文学之林的最高处。他借助于不由自主的回忆（无意识联想），将逝去岁月的点点滴滴重现在读者眼前，使时间在艺术中得以永存。