| Description |
xiv, 351 pages, [8] pages of unumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Bloodline -- Childhood -- Winchester, 1903-1905 -- First Love Affairs, 1905-1908 -- To Edinburgh -- Lightness in War, 1914 -- God in the Trenches, 1915-16 -- Critic at War -- Wounded Out, 1917-18 -- In Love with Wilfred Owen -- Sniping in the Literary World -- Translating Proust -- Writer/Spy in Fascist Italy -- Discovering Pirandello -- 1927-1928 : A Death and Eviction -- Rome, 1928-1930 -- Epilogue -- Family Postscript -- List of published works by Charles Scott Moncrieff. |
| Summary |
In this biography--the first ever of the celebrated translator--Scott Moncrieff's great-great-niece, Jean Findlay, reveals a fascinating, tangled life. Catholic and homosexual; a partygoer who was lonely deep down; secretly a spy in Mussolini's Italy and publicly a debonair man of letters; a war hero described as "offensively brave," whose letters from the front are remarkably cheerful--Scott Moncrieff was a man of his moment, thriving on paradoxes and extremes. In Chasing Lost Time, Findlay gives us a vibrant, moving portrait of the brilliant Scott Moncrieff, and of the era--changing fast and forever--in which he shone. |
| Subject |
Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth), 1889-1930.
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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. À la recherche du temps perdu. English.
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Translators -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Catholics -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Gay men -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography.
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Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Espionage, British -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Life of C.K. Scott Moncrieff : soldier, spy, and translator. |
| ISBN |
9780374119270 (hardback) |
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0374119279 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
2014039386 |
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