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Cities of the Plain: The Captive
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ISBN13: 9781025559971
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 964
Weight: 2.91
Height: 1.90 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Cities of the Plain, the Captive represents a pivotal movement within one of the most significant literary achievements of the twentieth century. In these volumes, Marcel Proust continues his profound exploration of memory, desire, and the intricate social structures of the French aristocracy. The narrative first delves into the complex moral landscapes of Sodom and Gomorrah, examining the hidden lives and sexual identities of prominent social figures like the Baron de Charlus. This exploration of social secrets transitions into the intense, claustrophobic psychological study found in The Captive, where the narrator's obsessive jealousy over Albertine leads to a domestic drama of surveillance and emotional entrapment.
Written with Proust's celebrated analytical depth and lyrical prose, this work serves as a masterful meditation on the passage of time and the subjective nature of reality. By blending social satire with introspective philosophy, Cities of the Plain, the Captive captures the fading elegance of the Belle Époque while probing the universal vulnerabilities of the human heart. It remains an essential experience for readers of modernist fiction and those seeking to understand the grand architecture of human consciousness as depicted in In Search of Lost Time.
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