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Within a Budding Grove

Marcel Proust

Editora: Alien Ebooks

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Within a Budding Grove (also published as In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower) originally appeared in France as À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs in 1919. This translation is by C. K. Scott Moncrieff.
 
Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist who is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century.
Disponível desde: 30/05/2023.
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