The Captive Remembrance of Things Past: Vol. V |
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Author:
| Proust, Marcel |
Translator:
| Scott Moncrieff, C.K. |
ISBN: | 978-1-9764-1427-5 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2017 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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The Captive describes a morbidly possessive love affair. Consumed by jealousy, the narrator entices his mistress, Albertine, to live with him, then keeps her almost as a prisoner, spying on her and relentlessly cross-examining her. He catches her in lie after lie, but he cannot give her up. The cause of the narrator's jealousy? His fear that his mistress is attracted to women - that she is ready at any moment to slip away to a fleeting, anonymous...
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The Captive describes a morbidly possessive love affair. Consumed by jealousy, the narrator entices his mistress, Albertine, to live with him, then keeps her almost as a prisoner, spying on her and relentlessly cross-examining her. He catches her in lie after lie, but he cannot give her up. The cause of the narrator's jealousy? His fear that his mistress is attracted to women - that she is ready at any moment to slip away to a fleeting, anonymous sexual encounter.