The Guermantes Way

by

Marcel Proust

Vol. 3 of Remembrance of Things Past

Translated from the French by C. K. Scott Moncrieff

(Le Côté de Guermantes, Tome 3 of À la Recherche du temps perdu)

Names of People: The Duchesse de Guermantes—Saint-Loup at Doncières—Mme. de Villeparisis at home—My grandmother’s illness.

My grandmother’s illness (continued)—-Bergotte’s illness—The Duke and the Doctor—Decline and death of my grandmother.

A visit from Albertine—Prospect of rich brides for certain friends of Saint-Loup—The wit of the Guermantes, as displayed before the Princesse de Parme—A strange visit to M. de Charlus—His character puzzles me more and more—The red shoes of the Duchess.

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The Guermantes Way

by

Marcel Proust

Vol. 3 of Remembrance of Things Past

Translated from the French by C. K. Scott Moncrieff

(Le Côté de Guermantes, Tome 3 of À la Recherche du temps perdu)

Table of Contents

AUTHOR’S DEDICATION

TRANSLATOR’S DEDICATION

CHAPTER ONE

Names of People: The Duchesse de Guermantes—Saint-Loup at Doncières—Mme. de Villeparisis at home—My grandmother’s illness.

CHAPTER ONE (continued)

My grandmother’s illness (continued)—-Bergotte’s illness—The Duke and the Doctor—Decline and death of my grandmother.

CHAPTER TWO

A visit from Albertine—Prospect of rich brides for certain friends of Saint-Loup—The wit of the Guermantes, as displayed before the Princesse de Parme—A strange visit to M. de Charlus—His character puzzles me more and more—The red shoes of the Duchess.