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Within a Budding Grove, Part One, continues Marcel Proust’s monumental cycle Remembrance of Things Past which has been described as ‘one of the greatest works of imagination of all time’. As the young narrator succumbs to the charms of the enchanting Gilberte, the author presents us with an unparalleled account of the pangs of adolescent love. Proust has created from the raw material of his life a work of art of unsurpassed originality, filled with his own uniquely sensitive and subtle spirit. Within a Budding Grove was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1918.
Marcel Proust: Within A Budding Grove: Part I
Inviting The Marquis de Norpois To Dinner
M. de Norpois Persuades My Father To Let Me Go To The Theatre
My First Matinee - A Disappointment.
Meeting M de Norpois Before Dinner
The Church At Balbec
Marriage And The Swanns
'And Was Mme Swann's Daughter At The Dinner?'
My Father - Unexpected Kindnesses
A New Year's Day Offering
'Neurotic Subjects Are Perhaps Less Addicted...'
Hopes For A Welcome At The Swanns Home
The World Of Odette Swann
'Le lunch' And Vinteuil's Sonata.
Lunch With The Writer Bergotte
Further Friendship With Bergotte
Worldly Advice About Women From My Old Friend Bloch
Good Intentions And Struggles With My Writing
'The Last Time That I Called To See Gilberte, It Was Raining'
'Mme Swann Attached Great Importance To Her 'Tea'
New Year's Day Again, An Unhappy Anniversary
A Windfall Of Ten Thousand Francs - Now Not For Giving Pleasure But For Taking Pleasure...
Walks With Mme Swann In The Avenue du Bois Near The Etoile
Place-Names: The Place
The Church At Balbec
The Aftermath - Burning With Exhaustion
Society At Balbec
The Marquise de Villeparisis And My Grandmother's Principles
Princesse de Luxembourg In A Stately Equipage, Plums And Wagner
Inviting The Marquis de Norpois To Dinner