In Search of Lost Time

In Search of Lost Time (French: À la recherche du temps perdu), first translated into English as Remembrance of Things Past, is a novel by the French writer Marcel Proust. It was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927.

Structure

Vol.	French titles	Published	English titles
1	Du côté de chez Swann	1913	Swann's Way The Way by Swann's
2	À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs	1919	Within a Budding Grove In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
3	Le Côté de Guermantes (published in two volumes)	1920/21	The Guermantes Way
4	Sodome et Gomorrhe (published in two volumes)	1921/22	Cities of the Plain Sodom and Gomorrah
5	La Prisonnière	1923	The Captive The Prisoner
6	La Fugitive Albertine disparue	1925	The Fugitive The Sweet Cheat Gone Albertine Gone
7	Le Temps retrouvé	1927	The Past Recaptured Time Regained Finding Time Again

Plot summary

Marcel reflects upon a number of events that have taken place in his life. He remembers the Dreyfus Affair, the First World War, and his relationship with a girl called Albertine.

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