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In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

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Swann's Way, the first part of A la recherche de temps perdu, Marcel Proust's seven-part cycle, was published in 1913. In it, Proust introduces the themes that run through the entire work. The narrator recalls his childhood, aided by the famous madeleine; and describes M. Swann's passion for Odette. The work is incomparable. Edmund Wilson said "[Proust] has supplied for the first time in literature an equivalent in the full scale for the new theory of modern physics."

The greatest fiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 1st on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
  2. - 1st on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
  3. - 1st on The 25 Favorite Books of 100 Francophone Writers (Telerama)
  4. - 1st on Robert McCrum's top 10 books of the twentieth century (The Guardian)
  5. - 2nd on The Greatest 20th Century Novels (Waterstone)
  6. - 2nd on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (Le Monde)
  7. - 2nd on For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
  8. - 3rd on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
  9. - 3rd on Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Raymond Queneau)
  10. - 4th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
  11. - 4th on Greatest Prose Works of the 20th Century (Vladimir Nabokov)
  12. - 5th on Biblioteca (Argentina)
  13. - 6th on The Ideal Library (Book)
  14. - 6th on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
  15. - 6th on The 16 Greatest Books of All Time (NYU Local)
  16. - 6th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
  17. - 7th on The 100 Best Books of World Literature (ABC.es)
  18. - 8th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
  19. - 9th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
  20. - 33rd on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
  21. - 34th on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
  22. - 41st on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
  23. - 80th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
  24. - From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
  25. - "Our Readable Century", The Best Books of the 20th Century (January Magazine)
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  27. - Finest Works of Fiction (Martin Seymour-Smith and Editors)
  28. - Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
  29. - 100 Life-Changing Books (National Book Award)
  30. - The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
  31. - Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)
  32. - ZEIT-Bibliothek der 100 Bücher (Die Zeit)
  33. - The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (http://www.uhlibrary.net/pdf/college_board_recommended_books.pdf)
  34. - 100 Most Influential Books of the Century (Boston Public Library)
  35. - Great Books of the Western World (Great Books Foundation)
  36. - 50 Greatest Books of All Time (Globe and Mail)
  37. - The Bigger Read List (English PEN)
  38. - Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
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Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Kindle Edition 60720 2004
In Search of Lost Time: v. 2 (Everyman's Library Classics) Hardcover 1101106 $18.87 $14.30 2001
Within a budding grove (His Remembrance of things past) Paperback 3638703 $6.49 $0.01
Within a Budding Grove: Part 1 (Remembrance of Things Past, 3) (Pt. 1) Audio CD 4555535 $26.85 $26.87
The Captive & The Fugitive: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. V (Modern Library Classics) (v. 5) Paperback 413454 $8.78 $0.49 1999
In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5: The Captive, The Fugitive (Modern Library) Kindle Edition 517230 $11.84 2010
Sodom & Gomorrah Audio CD 1050240 $11.89 $12.95
In Search of Lost Time, Volume 2: Within a Budding Grove (Modern Library) (v. 2) Hardcover 1172534 $39.27 $0.01 1992
Finding Time Again (In Search of Lost Time, Volume 6) (Vol 6) Hardcover 427251 $157.70 $27.69 2002
Time Regained (Remembrance of Things Past (Naxos Audiobooks)) Audio CD 2511434 $11.36 $11.35
Swann's Way Kindle Edition 42566 $1.99 2012
Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past, Volume One) Paperback 459772 $8.20 $20.47 2009
Swann's Way Audio CD 483263 $22.87 $22.29 2010
In Search of Lost Time (6 Volumes) Hardcover 4434848 $109.34 2000
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST (illustrated, complete, and unexpurgated 100th Anniversary Edition) (Includes All Seven Volumes (also known as IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME)) Kindle Edition 39443 $3.99 2013
In Search of Lost Time, Volume I: Swann's Way (A Modern Library E-Book): 1 Kindle Edition 163418 $8.84 2000
In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1: Swann's Way Hardcover 364902 $6.39 $6.36 1992
Swann's Way: Remembrance of Things Past, book one Mass Market Paperback 1110312 $15.00 $1.05 1998
Swanns Way (Remembrance of Things Past (Naxos Audiobooks)) Audio CD 1193169 $11.17 $16.22 1995
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 2 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Kindle Edition 108599 $11.84 2005
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower Hardcover 130592 $31.98 $6.98 2004
In Search of Lost Time, Volume II: Within a Budding Grove (A Modern Library E-Book): Within a Budding Grove v. 2 Kindle Edition 267056 $11.99 2000
In Search of Lost Time, Volume III: The Guermantes Way: 3 Kindle Edition 475960 $10.99 2000
In Search of Lost Time, Volume IV: Sodom and Gomorrah (A Modern Library E-Book): 4 Kindle Edition 478959 $12.24 2000
In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4: Sodom and Gomorrah Hardcover 1807391 $148.34 $16.92 1993
Sodom and Gomorrah (In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4) (Vol 4) Paperback 1236073 $9.23 $4.66 2003
In Search of Lost Time: The Guermantes Way (Volume 3/7) Paperback 3143125 $19.99 2020
Swann's Way (Vintage Classics) Paperback 1185077 $2.63 $0.01 1989
Swann's Way (Modern Library Classics) Mass Market Paperback 1835272 $53.28 $0.01 2004
Sodom and Gomorrah (Cities of the Plains) Hardcover 1324898 $34.96 $4.99 2004
Remembrance Of Things Past or In Search Of Lost Time Kindle Edition 201288 $4.99 2012
In Search of Lost Time: Time Regained (Volume 7/7) Paperback 917499 $14.99 2020
In Search of Lost Time: Prisoner/The Fugitive v.5 (Vol 5) Hardcover 3511630 $199.95 2002
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 3: The Guermantes Way Hardcover 2018242 $126.14 $45.00 1993
Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 (19th century classics illustrated edition) Paperback 297423 $33.00 2021
In Search of Lost Time Hardcover 3678332 $452.09 2006
Swann's Way, In Search of Lost Time (Deluxe Library Binding) Hardcover 1301604 $29.95 $44.93 2020
In Search Of Lost Time Hardcover 3118849 $16.08 $12.06
Sodom and Gomorrah: (Cities of the Plains) (Remembrance of Things Past, 7) (Part 1) Audio CD 4923560 $10.84 $8.65
SWANN'S WAY (illustrated, complete, and unabridged 100th Anniversary Edition) (In Search of Lost Time (Remembrance of Things Past)) Kindle Edition 132414 $2.99 2013
Within A Budding Grove: In Search of Lost Time, Volume Two Paperback 937916 $12.99 2021
In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way: A Graphic Novel Kindle Edition 1691328 2015
Within a Budding Grove: Part 2 (Remembrance of Things Past, 4) (Pt. 2) Audio CD 5809930 $11.94
In Search of Lost Time, Volume VI: Time Regained (A Modern Library E-Book): Time Regained v. 6 (Time Regained - Guide to Proust) Kindle Edition 121742 $9.99 2000
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 2 Paperback 669506 $24.00 2015
In Search of Lost Times Paperback 5122023 $16.19 $37.86 2007
In Search of Lost Time [volumes 1 to 7] (Mahon Classics) Kindle Edition 265152 2016
In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way: A Graphic Novel Hardcover 312502 $21.43 2015
In Search of Lost Time Volume IV Sodom and Gomorrah (Modern Library Classics) Paperback 528078 $11.46 $2.05 1999
Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4 Kindle Edition 1787251 $80.75 2021
Swann's Way (AmazonClassics Edition) Kindle Edition 76719 2018
Swann's Way (Penguin Drop Caps) Hardcover 396558 $18.48 $13.85 2013
By Marcel Proust Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past) (Unabridged) Audio CD 888916 $86.81 $73.21
In Search of Lost Time, Volume 6: Time Regained, A Guide to Proust (Time Regained - Guide to Proust) (v. 6) Hardcover 1092721 $59.18 $0.01 1993
Finding Time Again (In Search of Lost Time 6) (v. 6) Paperback 431722 $6.24 $6.24 2003
In Search Of Lost Time, Vol. 1: Swann's way - Within a Budding Grove, Part 1 Hardcover 336755 $23.56 $21.70 2001
Swann's Way (Xist Classics) Kindle Edition 414023 2015
Swann's Way Paperback 907986 $8.90 2016
Guermantes Way Hardcover 10900119 $19.99 $421.87
Swann's Way Hardcover 885884 $2.99 $23.15 2018
The Captive and The Fugitive: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5 (In Search of Lost Time, 5) Hardcover 343447 $78.73 $77.54 2023
Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past, Volume One) Kindle Edition 103105 1920
Swann's Way Kindle Edition 569645
Swann's Way - Remembrance of Things Past, Volume 1 Paperback 1198062 $9.56 $22.70 2011
The Fugitive: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 6 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback 51783 $26.00 2021
In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way: A Graphic Novel Paperback 502924 $14.49 $9.19 2019
Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4 Hardcover 2170212 $85.00 2021
Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback 104943 $17.59 $9.95 2005
Swann's Way Paperback 932964 $8.67 $3.97 2013
Swann's Way Audio CD 1159524 $24.32 $4,215.00 2010
Sodom and Gomorrah (Remembrance of Things Past, 8) (Pt. 2) Audio CD 4334162 $9.19 $2.33
Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past) Audio CD 3408159 $65.56 $59.81 2012
The Way by Swann's (In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1) (Vol 1) Paperback 503346 $9.03 $1.80 2003
Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1 Paperback 730270 $18.59 $6.23 2013
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 2 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback 76336 $15.85 $10.28 2005
Finding Time Again: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 7 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback 346762 $27.00 2023
In Search of Lost Time: Proust 6-pack (Modern Library Classics) Paperback 95240 $60.13 $49.95 2003
Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time) Paperback 217101 $9.98 2016
The Prisoner and The Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5) (v. 5) Paperback 488776 $11.31 $5.33 2003
In Search of Lost Time: Within a Budding Grove v. 2 Hardcover 1796337 $27.00 1992
In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way, Vol. 1 Paperback 64789 $10.41 $1.95 2003
Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback 25138 $9.94 $2.80 2004
In Search of Lost Time Paperback 434219 $8.93 $10.76 2020
In Search of Lost Time: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (Vol. Vol. 2) Paperback 333857 $19.95 2019
The Prisoner: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Kindle Edition 189192 2019
In Search of Lost Time (Everyman's Library Classics) Hardcover 580392 $13.37 $13.34 2001
The Guermantes Way Paperback 171381 $11.66 $5.26 2005
The Guermantes Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 3 Paperback 771162 $19.48 $12.00 2018
The Guermantes Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 3 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Kindle Edition 601070 2005
In Search of Lost Time [volumes 1 to 7] Kindle Edition 11103 $2.99 2013
The Modern Library In Search of Lost Time, Complete and Unabridged 6-Book Bundle: Remembrance of Things Past, Volumes I-VI (Proust Complete) Kindle Edition 57542 $49.99 2012
Swann's Way Paperback 1132189 $9.22 $6.95 2011
Swann's Way Audio CD 4011562 $52.74 $52.73 2010
In Search of Lost Time: Vol 1 Paperback 526282 $9.39 $2.99 1996
In search of lost time, III: the Guermantes way Hardcover 7694856 $22.19 $12.30
Within a Budding Grove Paperback 8852646 $2.99
The guermantes way - In search of the lost time 3 Kindle Edition 812597 2011
In Search of Lost Time: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (Vol. Vol. 2) Kindle Edition 744187 2019
Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 Paperback 720401 $8.99 2019
The Prisoner: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback 490365 $18.28 2019
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. II: Within a Budding Grove (Modern Library Classics) Paperback 540962 $11.94 $2.20 1998
Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time (100 Copy Limited Edition) Hardcover 1396119 $42.14 $72.07 2018
The Guermantes Way: His Remembrance of Things Past Paperback 4406860 $10.00 $0.01
In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5: The Captive, The Fugitive Hardcover 824593 $75.00 $22.18 1993
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust Paperback 898998 $5.99 2021
Sodom and Gomorrah: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Kindle Edition 310248 $12.79 2005
Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 19th century classics Illustrated Edition Kindle Edition 473520 $3.99 2022
In Search of Lost Time - A Graphic Novel: Swann's Way Hardcover 3332781 $18.35 $17.90 2016
In Search of Lost Time, Vol. III: The Guermantes Way Paperback 820234 $13.07 $3.50 1998
Time Regained: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. VI (Modern Library Classics) Paperback 550719 $13.43 $1.63 1999

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