Swann's Love (translation Classic)
by G
About This Novel
Proust is one of the greatest literary masters of the twentieth century. "In Search of Lost Time" is a voluminous volume and is one of the most famous and difficult works in the entire history of literature. The whole book takes the narrator "I" as the main body and integrates what he sees, hears, thinks and feels. It is not only a true description of social life and human relations, but also a record of the author's inner experience of self-pursuit and self-understanding. It can be said to be a novel tree with many branches derived from the trunk of a novel, or it can be said to be a giant symphony intertwined with several themes. "Swann's Love" is the only independent novella in "Reminiscence of Lost Time". The French call it "narration" or "narrative", and musicians call it "solo" or "solo". It is like the Wagner overture favored by Proust. In short, it can be published or performed alone. "Swann's Love" is originally a chapter of the first volume "At Swann's House", but it is the only one narrated in the third person in the entire masterpiece, and "I" (Marcel) is responsible for everything else. In 1913, Proust pointed out in a letter: "At Swann's House", especially the chapter "Swann's Love", is full of foreshadowing. It can be said to be a kind of "preface" and a condensation of the entire book "Reminiscence of Lost Time".
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