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Edited and annotated by leading Proust scholar William Carter, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower is the second volume of one of the twentieth century's great literary triumphs. Â It was this volume that won the Prix Goncourt in 1919, affirming Proust as a major literary figure and dramatically increasing his fame. Here the narrator whose childhood was reflected in Swann's Way moves further through childhood and into adolescence, as the author brilliantly examines themes of love and youth, in settings in Paris and by the sea in Normandy. The reader again encounters Swann, now married to his former mistress and largely fallen from high society, and meets for the first time several of Proust's most memorable characters: the handsome, dashing Robert de Saint-Loup, who will become the narrator's best friend; the enigmatic Albertine, leader of the “little band” of adolescent girls; the profoundly artistic Elstir, believed to be Proust's composite of Whistler, Monet, and other leading painters; and, making his unforgettable entrance near the end of the volume, the intense, indelible Baron de Charlus. Â Permeated by the “bloom of youth” and its resonances in memories of love and frien

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Author

Proust, Marcel; Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Carter, William C.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300185423

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Romance

Rating

4.5 / 5 (156 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14