Swann's Way

First published in 1913, Swann's Way is the first in the seven volumes novel "Remembrance of Things Past." There are two main parts to this book. The first part is the narrator's first-person reminiscences of being a sensitive little rich boy in the French countryside (and, at the end, in Paris). This portion contained probably the most incredible writing on the subject of memory and nostalgia. The second part of the book recounts a love affair between the little boy's adult neighbor, M. Swann, and the woman of dubious reputation with whom Swann becomes infatuated...