Marcel Proust
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IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME (COMPLETE COLLECTION)
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À la Recherche du temps perdu
Translated from the French by
C. K. Scott Moncrieff and
Stephen Hudson
Seascape, with Frieze of Girls
Dinners at Rivebelle—Enter Albertine.
A break in the narrative: old friends in new aspects—The Marquis de Norpois—Bergotte—How I cease for the time being to see Gilberte: a general outline of the sorrow caused by a parting and of the irregular process of oblivion.
My first visit to Balbec—First impressions of M. de Charlus and of Robert de Saint-Loup—Dinner with Bloch and his family.
Names of People: The Duchesse de Guermantes—Saint-Loup at Doncières—Mme. de Villeparisis at home—My grandmother’s illness—Bergotte’s illness—The Duke and the Doctor—Decline and death of my grandmother.
A visit from Albertine—Prospect of rich brides for certain friends of Saint-Loup—The wit of the Guermantes, as displayed before the Princesse de Parme—A strange visit to M. de Charlus—His character puzzles me more and more—The red shoes of the Duchess.
Introducing the men-women, descendants of those of the inhabitants of Sodom who were spared by the fire from heaven.
M. de Charlus in Society.—A physician.—Typical physiognomy of Mme. de Vaugoubert.—Mme. d’Arpajon, the Hubert Robert fountain and the merriment of the Grand Duke Vladimir.—Mmes. d’Amoncourt, de Citri, de Saint-Euverte, etc.—Curious conversation between Swann and the Prince de Guermantes.—Albertine on the telephone.—My social life in the interval before my second and final visit to Balbec. Arrival at Balbec.
The mysteries of Albertine—The girls whom she sees reflected in the glass—The other woman—The lift-boy—Madame de Cambremer.
The pleasures of M. Nissim Bernard—Outline of the strange character of Morel—M. de Charlus dines with the Verdurins.
The sorrows of M. de Charlus.—His sham duel.—The stations on the ‘Transatlantic.’—Weary of Albertine I decide to break with her.
Sudden revulsion in favour of Albertine.—Agony at sunrise.—I set off at once with Albertine for Paris.
Life with Albertine
The Verdurins Quarrel with M. De Charlus
Flight of Albertine
Grief and Oblivion
Mademoiselle De Forcheville
Venice
A Fresh Light Upon Robert De Saint-Loup
Tansonville
M. de Charlus during the war, his opinions, his pleasures
An afternoon party at the house of the Princesse de Guermantes
Marcel Proust
IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME
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SWANN’S
WAY
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