Proust, Marcel 1871-1922 creator Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth) 1889-1930 text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time Release date is 2004-12-01 Eric Eldred and David Widger Original publication data not identified Autobiographical fiction Villages -- France -- Fiction France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7178 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7178 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133203.0 7178