The first volume of the 7-part masterpiece In Search of Lost Time, Swann's Way introduces the novel's major themes and narrator. Its focus then shifts to Charles Swann, a wealthy connoisseur who moves in high-society circles in 19th-century Paris and a victim of an agonizing romance. Unabridged republication of the English translation first published by Henry Holt, New York, 1922. Originally published in French in 1913.
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Nana by Emile Zola, Burton Rascoe French realism's immortal siren crawled from the gutter to the heights of society, devouring men and squandering fortunes along the way. Zola's 1880s classic is among the first modern novels.
