In Search of Lost Time

By Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff (translator), Terence Kilmartin (translator) , Andreas Mayor (translator) , D.J. Enright (translator)

Book cover of In Search of Lost Time

Book description

For this authoritative English-language edition, D. J. Enright has revised the late Terence Kilmartin’s acclaimed reworking of C. K. Scott Moncrieff’s translation to take into account the new definitive French editions of À la recherche du temps perdu (the final volume of these new editions was published by the Bibliothèque…

Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Why read it?

1 author picked In Search of Lost Time as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

It’s nearly impossible to talk about time in literary fiction without evoking Marcel Proust, whose seven-volume exploration of involuntary memory is the most comprehensive attempt to bring readers into one narrator’s head I’ve encountered.

Memory, rather than traditional plot, drives In Search of Lost Time. While the prose—translated scrupulously over decades from French—is stylized and often indulgent, Proust’s commitment to the narrator’s inner life brings a singular authenticity to the novel. It’s a book that didn’t just change the way I think about fiction; it changed the way I think about my own mind.

Want books like In Search of Lost Time?

Our community of 11,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like In Search of Lost Time.

Browse books like In Search of Lost Time

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in the Renaissance, Jesus, and World War 1?

The Renaissance 97 books
Jesus 242 books
World War 1 926 books