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| Author | Jacqueline Rose |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Media type | Print Paperback) |
Albertine is the only novel of writer and critic Jacqueline Rose. It is a parallel novel, using characters and events from Marcel Proust's 1913–1927 seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time.
The beautiful orphan Albertine comes into contact with the austere young Marcel at a Normandy seaside hotel, whilst on holiday with friends. She soon becomes embroiled in a destructive affair with the young man, trapping them both in his Paris apartment. His jealousy and her strong will, and bisexual attraction to others, cause both unhappiness. A gynocentric revisiting of Proust, it is a feminist re-imagining, giving Albertine a voice she has been denied in Proust's books.