The first volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental sequence Remembrance of Things Past (In Search of Lost Time), Swann’s Way introduces the themes of memory, love, and society that define one of the greatest achievements in world literature. Moving from the narrator’s recollections of childhood in Combray to the sophisticated Parisian circles of Charles Swann, the novel explores the ways in which time and memory shape human experience. With its psychological depth and richly detailed observations, this opening volume sets the stage for the full exploration of Proust’s vision in the books that follow.
Technical Details
Pages: approx. 606
Publication Year: 1956 (Vintage Books edition; later reprints in the 1960s–70s)
Publisher: Vintage Books (Random House)
Language: English
Original Language: French (Du côté de chez Swann, 1913)
Translator: C. K. Scott Moncrieff
ISBN: 0394705947 (Vintage edition)
Format: Paperback
