In Search of Lost Time. The Guermantes Way

The third novel from the multi-volume psychological epic "In Search of Lost Time" by the French writer Marcel Proust in the classic translation by the outstanding Ukrainian translator Anatol Perepadi
After tender memories of first love and poetic summer reveries, Marcel Proust immerses the reader in the disturbing world of aristocracy. "The Guermantes Side", the third book in the famous seven-volume epic, brilliantly and at the same time ironically explores the poetry of snobbery and the changing charms of high society. The young narrator discovers the elegant salons and the mysterious figure of the Duchess of Guermantes. And it is here, on the "worn carpet" of her palace, that the dreams of youth first encounter harsh everyday life, and the shining names and coats of arms lose the halo of romance, exposing illusions and bitter disappointment.