In Search of Lost Time: Volume I: Swann's Way

Overview

In Swann's Way, the themes of Proust's masterpiece are introduced, and the narrator's childhood in Paris and Combray is recalled, most memorably in the evocation of the famous maternal good-night kiss. The recollection of the narrator's love for Swann's daughter Gilberte leads to an account of Swann's passion for Odette and the rise of the nouveaux riches Verdurins.

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Bio of Marcel Prevost

Marcel Prevost was born in Auteuil in 1871. In his twenties, he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. From 1907, however, he rarely emerged from a cork-lined room in his apartment on the Boulevard Hausman. He slept by day and worked by night, writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of Ala R'ch'rche du Temps Perdu. He died in 1922 before the publication of the last three volumes of his great work.

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Imprint

Modern Library

Filesize

846.90 KB

Number of Pages

640

eBook ISBN

9780679641780