The definitive translation of a truly great French novel - Proust's beautiful atmospheric
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greatest French novels of the twentieth century. Travelling back through time the narrator
tells the story of events long since past - his childhood happiness and sadness and memories
brought famously back to life by the taste of a madeleine. His family's friend and neighbour
the aristocratic Swann weaves through the tale. We learn of Swann's passionate love affair
with Odette a jealous love that creates a model for the narrator's own relationships. All
Proust's great themes begin here: time and memory love and loss art and the artistic
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