Rent In Search of Lost Time Volume II Within a Budding Grove

Synopsis

First published in 1919, 'Within a Budding Grove was awarded the Prix Goncourt, bringing the author immediate fame. In this second volume of 'In Search of Lost Time, the narrator turns from the childhood reminiscences of 'Swann's Way to memories of his adolescence. Having gradually become indifferent to Swann's daughter Gilberte, the narrator visits the seaside resort of Balbec with his grandmother and meets a new object of attention--Albertine, 'a girl with brilliant, laughing eyes and plump, matt cheeks.

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