In Search of Lost Time continues. The narrator is now an adolescent, so this book is largely concerned with his newfound fascination with young ladies. The first half of the book continues on from the last book, featuring Swann and his wife Odette and more pertinently, their daughter Gilberte. In the second half, he spends the summer in the seaside town of Balbec, trying to meet girls. (Actually he spends most of time thinking about trying to meet girls.) After much foreshadowing, he finally meets the young Albertine who will play a large part in his life and this novel. I really enjoyed this part.
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This wry and trenchant book shows how Proust’s book is full of lessons we can apply to our own lives. It could be titled “All I Need to Know About Life I Learned from In Search Of Lost Time.” There are other books claiming that you can learn all you need from