Marcel Proust

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

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....

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....

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....

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

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

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

"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...

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

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

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

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.

Swann in Love is the continuation of Swann's Way, the first part of Marcel Proust's monumental seven volume Remembrance of Things Past. It tells the story of man-about-town...

"Le pépiement matinal des oiseaux semblait insipide à Françoise. Chaque parole des 'bonnes' la faisait sursauter ; incommodée par tous leurs pas"...

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

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....

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

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