TY - BOOK AU - Proust,Marcel TI - Du côté de chez Swann AV - PQ PY - 2001/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Autobiographical fiction KW - Villages -- France -- Fiction KW - France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction N1 - A la recherche du temps perdu, Tome 1; Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_c%C3%B4t%C3%A9_de_chez_Swann; Release date is 2001-05-01; Sue Asscher; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Du côté de chez Swann" by Marcel Proust is a novel published in 1913. This opening volume of Proust's larger work follows a narrator recounting his childhood in Combray, his attachment to his mother, and the walks his family took in two distinct directions. Through the famous madeleine scene, a taste unexpectedly unlocks vast memories of the past. The story explores themes of memory, desire, and social aspiration, introducing the character of Swann and the narrator's fascination with the aristocratic Guermantes family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2650 ER -