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: Cottard, Françoise de Combray, Mme Swann, Baron de Charlus, Gilberte Swann, Odette de Crécy, Charles Swann, Narrator/Marcel, Madame Verdurin
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, French Literature, Unfinished, France, Philosophy, Classic Literature, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 58245
places: France, Paris, Combray
series: À la recherche du temps perdu
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: French-American Foundation Translation Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Премія «Сковорода»
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd