Project Gutenberg 2019-01-14 Public domain in the USA. 285 Proust, Marcel 1871 1922 Lemaire, Madeleine-Jeanne Coll 1845 1928 Lemaire, Madeleine Coll, Madeleine-Jeanne Les plaisirs et les jours 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 Laura Natal Rodriguez & Marc D’Hooghe "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 ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Paris (France) -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature FR Nouvelles Category: Short Stories Category: Poetry Category: French Literature 395085 2025-07-23T10:12:45.894487 text/html 395817 2021-09-03T13:09:57 text/html 7330877 2025-07-23T10:12:52.092485 application/epub+zip 7336507 2025-07-23T10:12:47.287487 application/epub+zip 206470 2025-07-23T10:12:46.460491 application/epub+zip 7774824 2025-07-23T10:12:55.683434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7756870 2025-07-23T10:12:51.231496 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299345 2022-09-26T16:21:18.014443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361200 2025-07-23T10:12:45.132516 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 360960 2021-09-03T13:21:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20168 2025-07-23T10:12:55.826432 application/rdf+xml 13444 2025-07-23T10:12:46.553473 image/jpeg 2543 2025-07-23T10:12:46.507478 image/jpeg 139239 2021-09-03T13:22:11 application/octet-stream application/zip 7733259 2021-09-03T13:22:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 7395048 2025-07-23T10:12:46.142496 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia