Swann's Way

By (author): "C.K. Scott Moncrieff, Marcel Proust"
Genres:Fiction books  Classics books  Literature books  France books  French Literature books  
Publish Date: November 14th 1913
Swann's Way
ISBN1847027695
ISBN139781847027696
AsinSwann's Way
CharactersNarrator/Marcel, Baron de Charlus, Mme Swann, Gilberte Swann, Cottard.
Original titleDu côté de chez Swann
SeriesÀ la recherche du temps perdu #1
In the overture to Swann's Way, the themes of the whole of Remembrance of Things Past 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.