Swann’s Way
Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust, published by Buccaneer Books, Incorporated in 1986, is an unabridged reprint of the classic 1922 edition. This volume serves as both a psychological self-portrait and a meditation on the artistic process, marking the beginning of Proust’s seven-part masterpiece, “In Search of Lost Time.” The narrative introduces the major themes of the work and follows a sensitive narrator who reflects on his youth within fashionable society.
Readers will encounter the character of Charles Swann, a wealthy connoisseur entangled in the complexities of high-society life in nineteenth-century Paris, as well as his struggles with a painful romance. This edition captures Proust’s masterful evocation of French society and explores the search for a transcendental reality that transcends time. With its focus on fiction and literary themes, Swann’s Way stands as a significant contribution to world literature.
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Both a psychological self-portrait and a profound meditation upon the artistic process, Proust’s seven-part masterpiece “In Search of Lost Time” changed the course of 20th-century literature. “Swann’s Way, ” the first volume, introduces the novel’s major themes and the narrator, a sensitive man drawn in his youth to fashionable society. Its focus then shifts to Charles Swann, a wealthy connoisseur who moves in high-society circles in nineteenth-century Paris and a victim of an agonizing romance. This masterly evocation of French society and its rendering of a search for a transcendental reality independent of time, ranks as a landmark of world literature. Unabridged reprint of the classic 1922 edition.
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