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Violence
None
No violence
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Swann's affair with Odette; adult romantic relationships handled with restraint
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking; Parisian social life
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of memory, time, love, jealousy, and the recovery of the past
What this book is about
The first volume of In Search of Lost Time (1913), featuring the famous madeleine scene, the narrator's childhood in Combray, and the extended tale of Charles Swann's obsessive love for Odette. Proust's prose is dense, sensuous, and endlessly rewarding. The sexual jealousy and adult relationships are handled with discretion. For older teens and adults.
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