num_pages: 332
description: In the overture to Swann's Way, the themes of the whole of Remembrance of Things Past are introduced, and the narrator's childhood in Paris and Combray is recalled, most  memorably in the evocation of the famous maternal good-night kiss. The  recollection of the narrator's love for Swann's daughter Gilberte leads to an account  of Swann's passion for Odette and the rise of the nouveaux riches Verdurins.
language: English
title: Swann's Way
titlecomplete: Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past, #1)
characters: Mme Swann, Narrator/Marcel, Françoise de Combray, Charles Swann, Baron de Charlus, Madame Verdurin, Cottard, Odette de Crécy, Gilberte Swann
genres: 20th Century, Unfinished, Philosophy, French Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 58236
places: Paris, Combray, France
series: À la recherche du temps perdu
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: French-American Foundation Translation Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Премія «Сковорода»
publisher: Echo Library