Contents

Preface to the 2013 Edition

Preface

PART I Petit Marcel (1870–1889)

1 Secret Places of the Heart

2 A Sentimental Education

PART II Vanity Fair (1889–1895)

3 Private Proust

4 A Modest Literary Debut

5 A Man About Town

6 A Musical Prodigy

PART III A Man of Letters (1895–1899)

7 Pleasures and Days

8 The Duelists

9 Am I a Novelist?

PART IV A Voluntary Servitude (1900–1906)

10 Ruskin and Certain Cathedrals

11 His Blue Eyes

12 Self-Hypnosis

13 A Happy Man

14 Broken Promises

15 The Only Honey of My Life

PART V The Beginning of Freedom (1907–1912)

16 Filial Sentiments of a Parricide

17 The Notebook of 1908

18 Against Sainte-Beuve

19 Gathering Impressions

20 In Search of a Publisher

PART VI Love and War (1913–1918)

21 Proust’s Way

22 Annus Horribilis

23 Shattered Hearts

24 A Fortuny Gown

25 Proust of the Ritz

26 A Walk in the Snow

PART VII The Fountain of Youth (1919–1922)

27 Homeless

28 The Idea of Death

29 I Am Finishing a Great Task

30 The End of Time

Notes

Index

Illustrations follow pages 206 and 558