SWANN'S WAY

by

MARCEL PROUST

[Vol. 1 of REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST]

Translated from the French by
C. K. SCOTT MONCRIEFF

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1922

CONTENTS

OVERTURE
COMBRAY
SWANN IN LOVE
PLACE-NAMES: THE NAME




OVERTURE


For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out
my candle, my eyes would close so quickly that I had not even time to say