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Reading the Penguin Proust in English, like a glutton

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“In Balzac’s novels we see the heroines choose particular costumes to wear on the days when they are to receive a particular visitor. The costumes of today have no such clearly defined character, with the exception of Fortuny dresses.” Marcel Proust, The Prisoner, translated by Carol Clark, p. 26.

“In Balzac’s novels we see the heroines choose particular costumes to wear on the days when they are to receive a particular visitor. The costumes of today have no such clearly defined character, with the exception of Fortuny dresses.”

Marcel Proust, The Prisoner, translated by Carol Clark, p. 26.

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