The Guermantes Way

by Marcel Proust

Living in Paris with his family, Marcel becomes infatuated with the Duchess of Guermantes and, through his friend St.-Loup, her nephew, he attempts to make her acquaintance. His initiation into aristocratic society includes an introduction not only to its splendors but to its vices, including the homosexuality of the Baron de Charlus and the anti-Semitism surrounding the Dreyfus Case. (The Duchess refers to Zola as "the Homer of the sewers.") In another world entirely, Marcel's adored grandmother dies an agonizing death.

Editions of The Guermantes Way

ISBN 9789626341162	Binding/Format Compact Disc	Publisher Naxos Audio Books	Date 1997	Price $16.53	NEW
ISBN 9780394705965	Binding/Format Book	Publisher Vintage Books	Date 1970	Price $1.00	Used, Very Good
ISBN 9780394506456	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Random House Inc	Date 1981	Price $4.47	Used - Very Good
ISBN 9780670033171	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Penguin Group USA	Date 2004	Price $2.98	Very good
ISBN 9780143039228	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Penguin Group USA	Date 2005	Price $7.99	Very good condition.
ISBN 9789626341414	Binding/Format Compact Disc	Publisher Naxos Audio Books	Date 1997	Price $75.95	New
ISBN 9781438795492	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Intl Business Pubns USA	Date 2009	Price None Available
ISBN 9780375752339	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Modern Library	Date 1999	Price $5.59	Very Good

Publisher Notes

The Guermantes Way (1920) refers to the footpath that runs past the chateau of the Duc and Duchesse de Guermantes, who introduce the narrator to their salon and "the social kaleidoscope" of Parisian society. In these volumes, we find ample evidence of what Walter Benjamin said of Proust: "There has never been anyone else with Proust's ability to show us things; Proust's pointing finger is unequaled.

Media Reviews

"In spite of his independent manner, Proust has managed to inspire his novel with the prudent technical virtues of suspense and unity. These signs of formal interest are what make 'Remembrance of Things Past' a novel, rather than mere rambling reminiscence....It is held together by a method analogous to that which unifies actual human experience, repetition of events, physical and mental. "

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