Narrator Simon Vance

Swann's Way is the first novel of Marcel Proust's seven-volume magnum opus
In Search of Lost Time. Following the narrator's opening ruminations about
the nature of sleep is one of 20th-century literature's most famous scenes:
the eating of the madeleine soaked in a "decoction of lime-flowers", the
associative act from which the remainder of the narrative unfurls.

After elaborate reminiscences about his childhood with relatives in rural
Combray and in urban Paris, Proust's narrator recalls a story regarding
Charles Swann, a major figure in his Combray childhood, and his escapades
in 19th-century privileged Parisian society, revolving around his obsessive
love for young socialite Odette de Creacy.

Filled with searing, insightful, and humorous criticisms of French society,
this novel showcases Proust's innovative prose style. With narration that
alternates between first and third person, Swann's Way unconventionally
introduces Proust's recurring themes of memory, love, art, and the human
experience - and for nearly a century, audiences have deliciously savored
each moment.

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