And in the first episode of the `` Overture '' to `` Swann 's Way '' -- the first novel in Marcel Proust 's `` In Search of Lost Time '' sequence -- a young , distraught Marcel is calmed by his mother as she reads from `` François le Champi '' , a novel which ( it is explained ) was part of a gift from his grandmother , which also included `` La Mare au Diable '' , `` La Petite Fadette '' , and `` Les Maîtres Sonneurs '' .
And , in the first episode of the `` Overture '' to `` Swann 's Way '' - the first novel in Marcel Proust 's `` In Search of Lost Time '' sequence - a young , distraught Marcel is calmed by his mother as she reads from `` François le Champi '' , a novel which it is explained was part of a birthday package from his grandmother which also included `` La Mare au Diable , '' `` La Petite Fadette , '' and `` Les Maîtres Sonneurs . ''