For those who want to purchase a fine French edition, these leather-bound volumes are the edition of choice. This is also the scholarly edition for those who write on Proust. Be advised, a good third of each volume is made up of notes and variants, and the paper is too delicate for marginal notes or underlining. At one point available as a boxed set, this edition is now only available in individual volumes.

本书是法国第一部研究普鲁斯特的专著。作品详细描述了普鲁斯特一生的经历，包括他的种种怪癖和逸事。从中可以看到普鲁斯特性格的形成和发展过程，看到一个热衷于社交场的巴黎青年如何转变为闭门隐居、献身艺术的文学大家。本书还论述了普鲁斯特作品的创作方法、人物、风格和语言，并对作家的世界观和艺术观等进行了深入的探讨。