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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
[change | change source]Vol. | French titles | Published | English titles |
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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
[change | change source]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.