Pleasures and Days

Proust's only other work of fiction published in his lifetime apart from the monumental novel cycle In Search of Lost Time , Pleasures and Days takes the reader on a journey through the high-society circles of the fin-de-siècle Paris, presenting the lives, loves and attitudes of a host of unforgettable characters.

Rich in language and detail, and by turns satirical and moving, Proust’s stories – presented here in Andrew Brown’s nuanced translation, the only edition currently in print – are layered with imagery and feeling and foreshadow the themes and psychological atmosphere of his later masterpiece.