Man's love is of man's life a thing apart,
'Tis woman's whole existence.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Topic

Men and women Nature of love Love

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. John Murray, 1819, canto 1, st. 194.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. Penguin, 2005, canto 1, st. 194.

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Time
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Time
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Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Marcel Proust
Source
Sodom and Gomorrah In Search of Lost Time
Medium
Novel
Genre
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Language
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Time
1921 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Sodom et Gomorrhe I [Sodom and Gomorrah I]. A la recherche du temps perdu [In Search of Lost Time]. Grasset, 1921, pt. 2, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time. Translated by John Stuffock. Penguin, 2005, pt. 2, ch. 1.