In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
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In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower is the second volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental novel cycle In Search of Lost Time, exploring the narrator’s awakening to love, art, and memory through his encounters with young women in seaside and Parisian society.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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volume of a novel cycle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Within a Budding Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Marcel Proust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Prix Goncourt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
the narrator’s aesthetic education
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the narrator’s awakening to love ⓘ the workings of involuntary memory ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Albertine Simonet
NERFINISHED
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Charles Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ Odette de Crécy NERFINISHED ⓘ the “little band” of girls at Balbec ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Guermantes Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Swann's Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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bildungsroman ⓘ modernist novel ⓘ |
| hasSeasideEpisodes | Balbec holiday ⓘ |
| hasUrbanEpisodes | Parisian salons ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Marcel (the narrator) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed psychological analysis
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extended social observation of French bourgeois and aristocratic society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | In Search of Lost Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | In Search of Lost Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Swann's Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1910s ⓘ |
| setting |
Balbec
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French seaside resort ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
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art ⓘ desire ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ social class ⓘ time ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
In Search of Lost Time