The Guermantes Way

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novel volume of a novel cycle

The Guermantes Way is a volume of Marcel Proust’s novel cycle In Search of Lost Time that explores the aristocratic Guermantes family and the narrator’s deepening immersion in Parisian high society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
volume of a novel cycle ⓘ
author Marcel Proust NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConflict tension between romantic idealization and social reality ⓘ
the narrator’s desire for social acceptance among the Guermantes ⓘ
containsEpisode the death of the narrator’s grandmother ⓘ
the narrator’s attendance at the Guermantes salon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
exploresTheme aristocracy ⓘ
desire ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
memory ⓘ
snobbery ⓘ
social class ⓘ
time ⓘ
featuresFamily Guermantes family NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Within a Budding Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasMainSetting the Guermantes residence in Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
the narrator’s family apartment near the Guermantes ⓘ
hasStructure continuous narrative ⓘ
languageStyle complex and reflective ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Marcel (the unnamed narrator) NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableCharacter Baron de Charlus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duc de Guermantes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duchesse de Guermantes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madame de Villeparisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odette de Crécy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor detailed depiction of Parisian high society ⓘ
long, elaborate sentences ⓘ
psychological introspection ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Le Côté de Guermantes NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf In Search of Lost Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes Sodom and Gomorrah NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1920 ⓘ
1921 ⓘ
publisher Éditions Grasset NERFINISHED ⓘ
seriesOrder third volume of In Search of Lost Time ⓘ
settingLocation French high society ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted Belle Époque NERFINISHED ⓘ
late 19th century France ⓘ

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Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time → thirdVolume → The Guermantes Way ⓘ
subject surface form: In Search of Lost Time