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Title: Les plaisirs et les jours

Note: Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

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.)

Author: Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922

Illustrator: Lemaire, Madeleine-Jeanne Coll, 1845-1928

EBook No.: 58698

Published: Jan 14, 2019

Downloads: 272

Language: French

Subject: Paris (France) -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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2024-11-08T18:17:52Z Les plaisirs et les jours

This edition has images.

Title: Les plaisirs et les jours

Note: Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

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.)

Author: Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922

Illustrator: Lemaire, Madeleine-Jeanne Coll, 1845-1928

EBook No.: 58698

Published: Jan 14, 2019

Downloads: 272

Language: French

Subject: Paris (France) -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:58698:3 2019-01-14T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Lemaire, Madeleine-Jeanne Coll Proust, Marcel fr 1