Swann's Way: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Swann's Way is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Proust, Marcel (1871–1922). The listed translation credits are Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth) (1889–1930).

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"Swann's Way" by Marcel Proust is a novel published in 1913, the first volume of his seven-part masterwork "In Search of Lost Time." Through a narrator's recollections of childhood in late nineteenth-century France, Proust explores the revolutionary theme of involuntary memory. The volume includes the famous madeleine cake episode and "Swann in Love," a self-contained story of Charles Swann's passionate affair with Odette de Crécy. Initially rejected by multiple publishers, Proust paid for its publication himself, launching what would become one of the twentieth century's most influential novels.

Book and edition facts

• Title: Swann's Way
• Author credits: Proust, Marcel (1871–1922)
• Catalogue language: English
• Translator credits: Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth) (1889–1930)

Catalogue subjects

• Autobiographical fiction
• France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
• Villages -- France -- Fiction

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• Category: French Literature
• Category: Novels

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