In Search of Lost Time

The text is the standard Scott Moncrieff with a copyright by Yixin Wen. There is a title page, a blank page, a table of contents and then the text starting overleaf. The text finishes on page 656. There are two blank pages and a page stating that it was printed by Amazon in Great Britain. The back cover exterior has 3 paragraphs describing the novel. As in the headline, the typeface (which is not stated or credited) is too light. It is very tiring to read even a page and for a novel of this length a real challenge to complete. In Search of a Better Typeface.....

I managed to purchase the Everyman's Library Classics Edition set of Proust's classic, for a little over twenty pounds, on offer. For that price: it was a bargain. The Everyman's Library Classics Edition books are, the best value books you can buy, in my opinion. They are quality bound hardbacks, with: acid-free paper, dust jacket and ribbon page marker.

This is a physically unpleasant edition, printed in a dated type-writer-like font and large format , and the back cover merely reproduces the Wikipedia entry on “A la recherche du temps perdu”It purports to be “In Search of Lost Time” when it is merely the first volume, Swann’s WayI paid nearly £20 for this believing it to be the whole work.. would have been much better off with the Penguin ClassicsAvoid

This is a typewritten manuscript edition, containing typing errors of the famous novel, saved only by its contents. No mention of the publisher.

I'm waiting for the paperback to arrive, but am confused by the reviews here. Some say it is the complete work, others that it is the first volume. How can these both be the case? I'm expecting the full work and will be greatly disappointed if it is not, as that is what I was led to believe in the ad blurb. I will be back to report on it, once arrived.