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Title: Les plaisirs et les jours
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_plaisirs_et_les_jours Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Plaisirs_et_les_Jours
Credits: Laura Natal Rodriguez & Marc D’Hooghe
Summary: "Les plaisirs et les jours" by Marcel Proust is a collection of prose poems and short narratives written in the late 19th century. The work explores themes of love, society, and the melancholy of existence, reflecting on the beauty and fragility of life's pleasures. Proust's rich, lyrical style invites readers into the intricacies of human emotion, often using nature and art as metaphors. The opening of this collection introduces a preface by Anatole France, who praises Proust's work, likening it to a youthful face filled with charm and grace, yet imbued with the wisdom of age. France highlights the juxtaposition of beauty and melancholy in Proust's writing, suggesting that the text captures the essence of life's fleeting pleasures and sorrows. As the narration unfolds, there are hints of complex character dynamics, particularly revolving around themes of death, desire, and social intricacies, setting the tone for a reflective journey through the realm of human experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922
Illustrator: Lemaire, Madeleine-Jeanne Coll, 1845-1928
EBook No.: 58698
Published: Jan 14, 2019
Downloads: 273
Language: French
Subject: Paris (France) -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Les plaisirs et les jours
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_plaisirs_et_les_jours Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Plaisirs_et_les_Jours
Credits: Laura Natal Rodriguez & Marc D’Hooghe
Summary: "Les plaisirs et les jours" by Marcel Proust is a collection of prose poems and short narratives written in the late 19th century. The work explores themes of love, society, and the melancholy of existence, reflecting on the beauty and fragility of life's pleasures. Proust's rich, lyrical style invites readers into the intricacies of human emotion, often using nature and art as metaphors. The opening of this collection introduces a preface by Anatole France, who praises Proust's work, likening it to a youthful face filled with charm and grace, yet imbued with the wisdom of age. France highlights the juxtaposition of beauty and melancholy in Proust's writing, suggesting that the text captures the essence of life's fleeting pleasures and sorrows. As the narration unfolds, there are hints of complex character dynamics, particularly revolving around themes of death, desire, and social intricacies, setting the tone for a reflective journey through the realm of human experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922
Illustrator: Lemaire, Madeleine-Jeanne Coll, 1845-1928
EBook No.: 58698
Published: Jan 14, 2019
Downloads: 273
Language: French
Subject: Paris (France) -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.