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Marcel Proust

Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume One

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1913

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Essay Topics

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Marcel is the narrator of Swann’s Way as well as one of the major characters. How does his maturity as a narrator affect his depiction of his younger self?

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How does Marcel explore the tension between Sensation and Sentimentality throughout the novel?

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Odette is beset by rumors of a scandalous past. In what ways do these rumors affect her life, whether they are true or not?

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