Marcel Proust

Swann's Way is Marcel Proust's literary masterpiece and the first part of the multivolume audiobook Remembrance of Things Past....

Accidentally witnessing an encounter between the Baron de Charlus and the tailor Jupien, the narrator’s eyes are opened to a world hidden from him until now; he suspects that Albertine is attracted to her own sex....

Swann’s Way is the first of seven volumes and sets the scene with the narrator’s memories being famously provoked by the taste of that little cake....

Lost in the blacked-out streets of Paris during the First World War, Marcel stumbles into a brothel and accidentally witnesses a shocking scene involving the Baron de Charlus....

The young narrator, experiencing his youthful sexuality, falls under the spell of a group of adolescent girls....

In the second volume of Proust's great novel, the narrator emerges as an actor in the drama of his own life. Swann has now dwindled into a husband for his former mistress, Odette....

The narrator penetrates the inner sanctum of Paris high society and falls in love with the fascinating Duchesse de Guermantes....

In Search of Lost Time is Proust's search for the key to the mysteries of memory, time, and consciousness....

Remembrance of Things Past is one of the monuments of 20th-century literature....

In the second part of The Captive the fifth volume of Marcel Proust's monumental, seven volume Remembrance of Things Past...

Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past is one of the world's most celebrated books....

Swann’s Way is the first and best-known part of Proust’s monumental work, Remembrance of Things Past....

Swann's Way is the first novel of Marcel Proust's seven-volume magnum opus In Search of Lost Time....

The Paris Classics Collection: Stories of the City immerses you in the rich, timeless world of Paris through a collection of iconic stories that span the spectrum of passion, revolution, romance, and intrigue.

Remembrance of Things Past is one of the monuments of 20th-century literature....

"Du côté de chez Swann" est à la fois l'ouverture de toute l'œuvre, et un roman complet, pourvu d'une conclusion, certes provisoire...

A charming, funny, poignant collection of 23 letters from Marcel Proust to his upstairs neighbour....

When the narrator of Swann's Way dips a petite madeleine into hot tea, the act transports him to his childhood in the French town of Combray. Out of his Pandora's box of reflections comes a memory of an old family friend, Swann....

"Du côté de chez Swann" et "Le temps retrouvé", au commencement et à la fin de l'œuvre, sont deux arches, parallèles dans leur construction et leur projet...

Throughout Proust's life, nine of his short stories remained unseen - the writer never spoke of them. In these stories, published here for the first time, we find an intimate picture of a young author full of darkness and melancholy, longing to reveal his true self to the world....