The Guermantes Way

An authoritative new edition of the third volume in Marcel Prousts epic masterwork, In Search of Lost Time Marcel Prousts monumental sevenpart novel In Search of Lost Time is considered by many to be the greatest novel of the twentieth century. This edition of volume three, The Guermantes Way, is edited and annotated by noted Proust scholar William C. Carter, who endeavors to bring the classic C. K. Scott Moncrieff translation closer to the spirit and style of the authors original text. Continuing the story begun in Swanns Way and continued in In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, The Guermantes Way follows Prousts young protagonist as he advances through aristocratic French society in latenineteenthcentury Paris. A departure from the intimacy of the sprawling novels previous two installments, part three unfolds against a colorful backdrop of Parisian life, moving from literary salon to opulent social gathering to provide a biting and satirical commentary on culture, human foibles, the ways of the world, and the irretrievable loss of time.