What would Marcel make of the Kindle?
Amazon.com and the publishers have made a royal mess out of the dueling
translations of
In Search of Lost Time. You just can't trust what
you read on the Amazon website, which mixes and matches translations, and
even confuses one volume with another. However, I have tested all the
links below. As always, I recommend the Penguin translations, although
they've recently been cut back to the first four volumes as far as the
American resident is concerned. (They've also gone up significantly in
price, with the odd result that often the paperback is cheaper than the
digital edition.
Kindle editions are now available
in Amazon's British storefront, so I have linked to them below where
the books have been listed. (Anyone can buy
digital books from the American storefront, but there's generally a
surcharge, so if you live in the UK, you should buy through
those links.)
The Penguin Proust
Vol. 1 - The Way by
Swann's (Lydia Davis, translator)
Also available in Britain
Vol. 2 -
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (James Grieve, translator)
Also available in Britain
Vol. 3 -
The Guermantes Way (Mark Treharne, translator)
Also available in Britain
Vol. 4 -
Sodom and Gomorrah (John Sturrock, translator)
Also available in Britain
Vol. 5 -
The Prisoner / The Fugitive (Carol Clark / Peter Collier, translators)
(not for sale to US customers).
Also available in Britain
Vol. 6 -
Finding Time Again (Ian Patterson, translator) (not for sale to US customers).
Also available in Britain
Modern Library translations
Vol. 1 -
Swann's Way
Vol. 2 -
Within a Budding Grove
Vol. 3 -
The Guermantes Way
Vol. 4 -
Sodom and Gomorrah
Vol. 5 - The Captive / The Fugitive
Vol. 6 -
Time Regained / A Guide to Proust
Also of interest
Classic
French Fiction: first 4 volumes of A La Recherche du Temps perdu
(in French, evidently public domain, hence not reflecting recent
scholarship)
The 14-Minute Marcel Proust: Everyone's guide to the greatest novel
ever written (this website, basically)
Also available in Britain
Marcel Proust's Search for Lost Time: A Reader's Guide to The Remembrance of Things Past
(Patrick Alexander)
Also available in Britain