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In Search of Lost Time: Volume 5
In Search of Lost Time: Volume 5
Nov 12, 2025 7:03 PM

Author:Marcel Proust,Carol Clark,Peter Collier,Carol Clark,Peter Collier,Carol Clark,Christopher Prendergast

In Search of Lost Time: Volume 5

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 book is translated by a different, superb translator working under the general editorship of Professor Christopher Prendergast, University of Cambridge.

Reviews

Extraordinary prose

—— Sunday Times

As Kipling was to the secrets of the jungle, so is Baker to modern domesticity, equally ready with fascinating observation

—— Daily Telegraph

There is a good deal more everyday wonder here than in a hundred original miscellanies

—— Observer

This might be Baker's best yet - you're in for a treat

—— Evening Standard

Like the small, agreeable sensations it so deftly evokes, this modestly scaled story is a pleasure that can add cheer to an entire day

—— Spectator

Utterly convincing and compelling ... A stunning feat of the imagination and an absolute must-read

—— Steven Pressfield

Denys Johnson-Davies...the leading Arabic-English translator of our time

—— Edward Said
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