| Description |
xiv, 611 pages ; 19 cm. |
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| Series |
The modern library of the world's best books ; no. 59 |
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Modern library of the world's best books ; no. 59.
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| Note |
The first volume of Marcel Proust's seven-volume novel Remembrance of things past. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
Overture.--Combray.--Swann in love.--Place-names: the name. |
| Summary |
The first volume of Proust's seven-part novel In Search of Lost Time, also known as Remembrance of Things Past, Swann's Way is the auspicious beginning of Proust's most prominent work. A mature, unnamed man recalls the details of his commonplace, idyllic existence as a sensitive and intuitive boy in Combray. For a time, the story is narrated through his younger mind in beautiful, almost dream-like prose. In a subsequent section of the volume, the narrator tells of the excruciating romance of his country neighbor, M. Swann. The narrator reverts to his childhood, where he begins a similarly hopeless infatuation with Swann's little daughter, Gilberte. More than this apparently fragmented narrative, however, is the importance of the themes of memory, time, and art that connect and interweave the man's memories. Considered to be one of the twentieth century's major novels, Proust ultimately portrays the volatility of human life in this sweeping contemplation of reality and time. |
| Language |
Translation of Du côté de chez Swann. |
| Subject |
Villages -- Fiction.
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French fiction -- 20th century.
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France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Literature, Modern.
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Literature.
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Villages. (OCoLC)fst01166969
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Literature, Modern. (OCoLC)fst01000172
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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French fiction. (OCoLC)fst00934302
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Autobiographical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01986487
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Autobiographical fiction.
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Fiction.
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth), 1889-1930, translator.
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Galantière, Lewis, 1895-1977, writer of introduction.
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