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Go to My LibraryCities of the Plain (Sodom and Gomorrah)
- Language
- English
- Published in
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Pages
- 533
- ISBN
- 9781980475682
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Other editions (143)
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plain
1968 • Chatto & Windus
English
Cities of the Plain
2015 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
English
Cities of the Plain (Pt. 1)
1968 • Chatto & Windus
English
Cities of the Plain
1988 • Buccaneer Books, Incorporated
English
Other editions
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plain
1968 • Chatto & Windus
English
Cities of the Plain
2015 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
English
Cities of the Plain (Pt. 1)
1968 • Chatto & Windus
English
Cities of the Plain
1988 • Buccaneer Books, Incorporated
English
Cities of the Plain
1971 • Chatto & Windus
English
In Search of Lost Time Volume IV Sodom and Gomorrah
1999 • Random House Publishing Group
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe : Edition Collector - Marcel Proust
2021 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
2005 • National Geographic Books
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe
1992 • GALLIMARD
French
Sodom and Gomorrah: (Cities of the Plains) (Remembrance of Things Past, 7)
2006 • Naxos Audio Books
English
Sodom and Gomorrah: (Cities of the Plain) (Remembrance of Things Past, 8)
1999 • Naxos Audio Books
English
Sodom and Gomorrah: (Cities of the Plain) (Remembrance of Things Past, 7)
1998 • Naxos Audio Books
English
In Search of Lost Time: Volume 4 Sodom and Gomorrah
2003 • Penguin Books Limited
English
Sodom and Gomorrah: Large Print
2019 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe Volume 1
2021 • Independently Published
Содом и Гоморра
1999 • Изд-во "Амфора"
Russian
En busca del tiempo perdido la prisionera
2005 • Losada
Spanish
Sodom and Gomorrah (Remembrance of Things Past)
2012 • Naxos AudioBooks
English
Sodoma i Gomorra
2021 • Proa
Spanish
En Busca del Tiempo Perdido
1998 • Alianza
Spanish
Sodome et Gomorrhe (Volume 1) : A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (4)
2018 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe (Volume 2) : A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (4)
2018 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe-Volume 2 (French Edition)
2012 • TREDITION CLASSICS
French
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annot�
2021 • Independently Published
Sodom und Gomorra. ( Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit, 1In 2 Bd.
1982 • Suhrkamp
German
Sodoma i Gomora
2015 • Wydawnictwo MG
Polish
Sodom and Gomorrah
2014 • CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe-Volume 2 (French Edition)
2012 • TREDITION CLASSICS
French
Sodom and Gomorrah
2023 • Digireads.com Publishing
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe I et II
2008 • Livre de Poche
French
Sodoma y Gomorra (En busca del tiempo perdido 4) (Contemporanea / Contemporary) (Spanish Edition)
2005 • DEBOLSILLO
Spanish
Sodom ve Gomorra - Kayip Zamanin Izinde (dorduncu kitap)
2005 • Yapi Kredi Yayinlari
Turkish
En Busca del Tiempo Perdido 4 - Sodoma y Gomorra (Spanish Edition)
1995 • Enrique Rueda Editor
Spanish
À la recherche du temps perdu - Sodome et Gomorrhe I (1)
1993 • FLAMMARION
French
Sodom and Gomorrah
2023 • Open Road Media
English
Sodom and Gomorrah
1993 • Modern Library
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2022 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe (French Edition)
2020 • Independently published
French
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annot�
2021 • Independently Published
Sodoma y Gomorra: En busca del tiempo perdido (Narrativa) (Spanish Edition)
2020 • Editorial Verbum
Spanish
Sodome et Gomorrhe-Volume 1
2012 • tredition
French
IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME 4 - SODOM AND GOMORRA (Spanish Edition)
2007 • YOYO USA
Spanish
Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4
2021 • Yale University Press
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe : Bk. 5, A la Recherche du Temps Perdu
1972 • French & European Pubns
French
Sodome et Gomorrhe: Proust (A la recherche du temps perdu) (French Edition)
2019 • Independently published
French
Sodom and Gomorrah (In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4)
2003 • Penguin Classic
English
Sodoma y Gomorra: En busca del tiempo perdido IV (OTROS FICCIÓN) (Spanish Edition)
2013 • RBA Libros
Spanish
En busca del tiempo perdido Sodoma y Gomorra
2004 • Losada
Spanish
Cities of the Plain
2022 • Independently Published
English
Sodom and Gomorrah Large Print
2020 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
French
Cities of the Plain (Sodom and Gomorrah) by Marcel Proust : With Original Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2022 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah
2019 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plains (Annotated)
2021 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2022 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe : � la Recherche du Temps Perdu, Tome IV
2020 • Independently Published
En Busca Del Tiempo Perdido : 4 - Sodoma y Gomorra
2022 • Independently Published
Spanish
In Search of Lost Time
2010 • Penguin Random House
English
Cities of the Plain (Sodom and Gomorrah) : Large Print
2020 • Independently Published
English
Sodom and Gomorrah
2020 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plains (Annotated)
2019 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe Illustree
2020 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah : Cities of the Plain
2021 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2022 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah: Large Print
2019 • Independently Published
English
Sodoma y Gomorra (Spanish Edition)
2021 • Independently published
Spanish
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2022 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe À la Recherche du Temps Perdu
2019 • Independently Published
French
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annot�
2021 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah
2020 • Independently Published
English
Sodom and Gomorrah : Cities of the Plain
2021 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe - Volume 2
2021 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2018 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annot�
2021 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah : Cities of the Plain
2021 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2022 • Independently Published
Cities of the Plain : Sodom and Gomorrah
2021 • Independently Published
English
In Search of Lost Time : 4 - Sodom and Gomorrah
2022 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe - Première partie
2019 • Independently Published
French
Dormant: in Search of Lost Time:Le Cote De Guermantes and Sodome Et Gomorrhe
Allen Lane
English
Sodom and Gomorrah
2023 • Digireads.com Publishing
English
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2017 • Independently Published
Cities of the Plain
2020 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annot�
2022 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe : Edition Collector - Marcel Proust
2021 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah
2020 • Independently Published
English
Sodom and Gomorrah
2020 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrehe - Part 2 : 8 Audio Compact Discs in French (French Edition)
2006 • French & European Pubns
French
Sodom and Gomorrah Cities of the Plain
2021 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plain
2019 • Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annot�
2021 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah
2020 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe : Large Print
2019 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah
2020 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe : � la Recherche du Temps Perdu 4
2021 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah
2019 • Independently Published
English
Sodom and Gomorrah (Remembrance of Things Past, 8)
1999 • Naxos Audio Books
English
SODOMA I GOMORRA, II
2017 • Viena
Catalan
In Search of Lost Time, Vol 4 Vol. IV: Sodom and Gomorrah
2010 • Penguin Random House
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe-Volume 1 (French Edition)
2012 • TREDITION CLASSICS
French
Sodom and Gomorrah: Large Print
2019 • Independently Published
English
Sodom and Gomorrah : Large Print
2020 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe À la recherche du temps perdu #4
2019 • Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US
French
Sodome et Gomorrhe Volume 1
2021 • Independently Published
Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit: Tl 4: Sodom und Gomorrha
1999 • Suhrkamp
German
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2022 • Independently Published
En Busca Del Tiempo Perdido : 5 - la Prisionera
2022 • Independently Published
Spanish
A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu Tome IV: Sodome et Gomorrhe Volumes 1-2 (French Edition)
2006 • Echo Library
French
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
English
In Search of Lost Time
2010 • Penguin Random House
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2022 • Independently Published
Cities of the Plain Large Print
2020 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe : Roman
2017 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annoté
2021 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe Illustree
2021 • Independently Published
French
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2022 • Independently Published
English
SODOME ET GOMORRHE (V1 et 2)
2019 • Lulu.com
French
En busca del tiempo perdido: Fiestas, sexo y diversión (Spanish Edition)
2022 • Independently published
Spanish
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annot�
2021 • Independently Published
Sodom and Gomorrah Cities of the Plain
2020 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plain Large Print
2019 • Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US
English
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annot�
2022 • Independently Published
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2022 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe Illustree
2020 • Independently Published
French
Cities of the Plain
2020 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe a la Recherche du Temps Perdu Tome 4 : Oeuvre Remarquable
2020 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annot�
2022 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annot�
2021 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe Illustree
2021 • Independently Published
Cities of the Plain
2020 • Independently Published
English
Cities of the Plain Annotated
2021 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe: À la recherche du temps perdu 4 (French Edition)
2019 • Independently published
French
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2022 • Independently Published
Sodome et Gomorrhe
2021 • Independently Published
French
Sodom and Gomorrah Cities of the Plain by Marcel Proust : Cities of the Plain
2021 • Independently Published
English
Sodome et Gomorrhe Annoté
2021 • Independently Published
French
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Reviewers praise "Sodom and Gomorrah" for its ambitious scope and often humorous portrayal of high society, marked by precise and elegant descriptions. Many find this particular volume more readable and engaging than its predecessors, highlighting its strong character development, particularly that of Baron de Charlus. The book is lauded for its profound psychological insights into jealousy, loss, memory, and the intricate complexities of human personality. Its groundbreaking exploration of same-sex relationships is noted for offering an insightful, and at times romantic, glimpse into a previously hidden world, contributing to a broader examination of fluid identities and social hypocrisy. The poignant depiction of grief and nostalgia, especially concerning the narrator's grandmother, resonates deeply with many, adding significant emotional depth to the narrative.
Despite its strengths, some reviewers found the volume challenging due to its perceived tedium, over-explanation, and an extensive focus on superficial social gatherings. The narrator's character often draws criticism for being arrogant, self-centered, hypocritical, and controlling, particularly in his romantic relationships and his inconsistent views on sexuality. While the book's subject matter was innovative, some found the portrayal of same-sex relationships to be lacking in empathy, occasionally stereotypical, or even problematic. The prose, while frequently beautiful, is described by some as overwrought, self-indulgent, and monotonous, contributing to a sense of reader exhaustion. A perceived narrowness of focus on aristocratic life and a detached, subjective philosophical approach also made it difficult for some readers to connect with the narrative or its characters.
Ultimately, "Sodom and Gomorrah" is considered a crucial and often rewarding installment for readers committed to Marcel Proust's overarching literary project. While it presents challenges, many reviewers find it more accessible and structurally significant, with its intricate themes coming into clearer focus. It is recommended for patient readers who appreciate ambitious literary endeavors, deep psychological exploration, social satire, and an immersive experience of language that delves into memory, time, and the complexities of human nature. This volume particularly appeals to those interested in the historical and social aspects of early 20th-century high society and the pioneering examination of identity and sexuality, even when engaging with a flawed narrator and sometimes difficult subject matter.
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