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This book includes some of those annotations along with a key Ruskin essay, 'Of Kings' Treasuries', and some of Proust's own writings about reading, collected in one volume for the first time. --Book Jacket.;On reading : translator's preface to Sesame and lilies -- Lecture I. Sesame. Of kings' treasuries / by John Ruskin ; notes by Marcel Proust -- Makeshift memory -- Ruskin in Venice -- Servitude and freedom -- Resurrection.;Marcel Proust's fiction is threaded through with evidence of his belief in the importance of reading. A la recherche du temps perdu is rich with references to writers and books that were important to his own style of writing and to his approach to the world. By reading great authors, Proust contends, we not only learn of great ideas, but are enriched by the fruits of the world's most inspirational minds. In particular, Proust admired Ruskin, and in translating Ruskin's works into French, he provided copious annotations about the relationship between the writer and his readers.

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Author

Proust, Marcel;Searles, Damion;Ruskin, John

Publisher

Hesperus Press Ltd

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781843916161

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Computer Science

Rating

4.4 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14