434pp, hardback (clothboard). Little damage. Minor scuffs and edgewear to dust jacket (clipped). Red cover clean, with only minor scuffs, plus minor bumping to spine head. Corners of cover are square. Pages clean, with no defects, splits, cracks, or pen-marks noted; small folding of pages. Binding tight. Block clean, with only minor smudges / marks.\"In 1904, while still working on his translations of Ruskin, Marcel Proust wrote to Maurice Barrès \"I still have two Ruskin\'s to do, and after that I shall try to translate my own poor soul, if it doesn\'t die in the meantime.\" Within a few years Proust would begin this translation of his \"own poor soul\" — the monumental Remembrance of Things Past, one of the great literary works of the 20th century. In this volume of Proust\'s collected letters — translated by Terence Kilmartin, acclaimed for his work on the Moncrieff translation of Proust\'s works — the reader is carried inside this pivotal moment in a great writer\'s life... This long-awaited volume will be welcomed by scholars and general readers alike. The letters offer a special insight into the man and his art during a crucial period, and they are as delightful to read — as beautifully crafted, witty and poignant — as his fiction.\" [quoted from BookFinder.com]