Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff

Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff MC (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) was a Scottish writer, most famous for his English translation of most of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, which he published under the Shakespearean title Remembrance of Things Past.

Read more about Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff:  Early Life, First World War and After, Remembrance of Things Past, Death and After, Bibliography

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