In Search of Lost Time - Complete Edition (All 7 Books in One Volume) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Masterpiece of 20th Century LiteratureBy Marcel Proust
Length141h 35m
About this audiobook
Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time—presented here in its complete seven-volume architecture—is one of modern literature's defining investigations of memory, desire, art, and social transformation. Moving from the narrator's childhood in Combray to the glittering and decaying salons of Paris, the novel replaces conventional plot with intricate psychological exploration. Its famously sinuous prose, charged with metaphor and analytic precision, situates Proust between nineteenth-century realism and high modernism, while making involuntary memory—most famously the madeleine episode—a principle of literary revelation. Proust (1871–1922), born into a cultivated bourgeois family in Paris, drew deeply on his own experiences of illness, social observation, aesthetic passion, and emotional vulnerability. His access to aristocratic and artistic circles provided the raw material for his satire of class and snobbery, while his seclusion in later life enabled the immense discipline required to shape personal recollection into a universal meditation on time and consciousness. This complete edition is indispensable for readers seeking not merely a novel but a total artistic world. It rewards patience with extraordinary insight into love, jealousy, memory, and the making of art, and remains essential for anyone interested in the possibilities of fiction.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length141 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 18, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1In Search of Lost Time - Complete Edition (All 7 Books in One Volume) (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6SWANN'S WAY (Du Côté De Chez Swann) (pt. 1)
7SWANN'S WAY (Du Côté De Chez Swann) (pt. 2)
8SWANN'S WAY (Du Côté De Chez Swann) (pt. 3)
9SWANN'S WAY (Du Côté De Chez Swann) (pt. 4)
10SWANN'S WAY (Du Côté De Chez Swann) (pt. 5)
11SWANN'S WAY (Du Côté De Chez Swann) (pt. 6)
12SWANN'S WAY (Du Côté De Chez Swann) (pt. 7)
13SWANN'S WAY (Du Côté De Chez Swann) (pt. 8)
14SWANN'S WAY (Du Côté De Chez Swann) (pt. 9)
15WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE (À L'ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs)
16Part 1 (pt. 1)
17Part 1 (pt. 2)
18Part 1 (pt. 3)
19Part 1 (pt. 4)
20Part 1 (pt. 5)
21Part 1 (pt. 6)
22Part 2 (pt. 1)
23Part 2 (pt. 2)
24Part 2 (pt. 3)
25Part 2 (pt. 4)
26Part 2 (pt. 5)
27THE GUERMANTES WAY (Le Côté De Guermantes)
28Part 1 (pt. 1)
29Part 1 (pt. 2)
30Part 1 (pt. 3)
31Part 1 (pt. 4)
32Part 1 (pt. 5)
33Part 1 (pt. 6)
34Part 2 (pt. 1)
35Part 2 (pt. 2)
36Part 2 (pt. 3)
37Part 2 (pt. 4)
38Part 2 (pt. 5)
39Part 2 (pt. 6)
40CITIES OF THE PLAIN (Sodome Et Gomorrhe)
41Part I
42Part II (pt. 1)
43Part II (pt. 2)
44Part II (pt. 3)
45Part II (pt. 4)
46Part II (pt. 5)
47Part II (pt. 6)
48Part II (pt. 7)
49Part II (pt. 8)
50Part II (pt. 9)
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