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The Guermantes Way

Marcel Proust

'the social kaleidoscope was shifting' The Guermantes Way, the third volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, provides a transition from the realm of adolescence into the adult social world of Belle Epoque Paris. Its pages buzz with worldly conversations, with bravado and posturing, infatuation, scandal, prejudice, and intrigue. To the fore is Proust's ear for spoken language and how it provides a stage for human foibles as well as inventiveness and panache. This is a broad canvas studded with amusing anecdotes, surprising vignettes and touching scenes, as well as fascinating characters including the indomitable Duchesse de Guermantes and her enigmatic relation the Baron de Charlus. The Guermantes Way immerses readers into a society in flux, as the old aristocracy cedes to a wealthy, rising bourgeoisie and everyone, regardless of class or standing, must navigate the perilous waters of the Dreyfus Affair. Through these lenses, Proust explores questions of substance and superficiality, and identity and belonging, in highly memorable scenes concerning friendship, love, mortality, and loss. The novel is an extraordinary chronicle of pre-war Paris as well as a vital stepping stone in Proust's novel, building on the formative, partially learned lessons of the second volume, In the Shadow of Girls in Blossom, and preparing the ground for the portentous challenges of the volumes that lie ahead. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

GenresFranceSocial life and customsFictionNovelsTranslations

640 pages, 91 editions

English edition · First published 1967 by Oxford University Press · ISBN 9780192849762

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60 editions

English

  • The Guermantes Way · Oxford University Press · 2025 · ISBN 9780192849762 · 1 reader This page
  • The Guermantes Way · Natal Publishing, LLC · 2025 · ISBN 9798348454197
  • The Guermantes Way · Oxford University Press Academic UK · 2025 · ISBN 9780192666505
  • The Guermantes Way · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 2025 · ISBN 9781023555777
  • Guermantes Way · Digireads.com Publishing · 2023 · ISBN 9781420981353
  • Guermantes Way : Illustrated · Independently Published · 2022 · ISBN 9798404704136
  • The Guermantes Way · Mint Editions - CoreSource Plus · 2021 · ISBN 9781513212012
  • Guermantes Way (Annotated) · Independently Published · 2021 · ISBN 9798773493693
  • Guermantes Way (Annotated) · Independently Published · 2021 · ISBN 9798711323853
  • The Guermantes Way · Mint Editions · 2021 · ISBN 9781513212111
  • The Guermantes Way · Open Road Media · 2021 · ISBN 9781504065474
  • Guermantes Way (Annotated) · Independently Published · 2021 · ISBN 9798595452717
  • The Guermantes Way · Phoemixx Classics Ebooks · 2021 · ISBN 9783986773540
  • Guermantes Way · Independently Published · 2020 · ISBN 9798652783747
  • Guermantes Way · Independently Published · 2020 · ISBN 9798695559002
  • Guermantes Way · Independently Published · 2020 · ISBN 9798698420057
  • Guermantes Way (Annotated) · Independently Published · 2020 · ISBN 9798680743324
  • The Guermantes Way · Independently Published · 2020 · ISBN 9798609946294
  • The Guermantes Way · Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US · 2019 · ISBN 9781098848682
  • Guermantes Way · Independently Published · 2019 · ISBN 9781081289157
  • The Guermantes Way · Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US · 2019 · ISBN 9781099842245
  • The Guermantes Way · Independently Published · 2019 · ISBN 9781686948503
  • The Guermantes Way · Independently Published · 2019 · ISBN 9781678662035
  • The Guermantes Way · Books on Demand · 2019 · ISBN 9783749456062
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781984129437
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781986857819
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781985867918
  • The Guermantes Way · Yale University Press · 2018 · ISBN 9780300186192
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781986780971
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781985703704
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781986365024
  • The Guermantes Way · Independently Published · 2018 · ISBN 9781980475293
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781719480987
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781986643801
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781717193841
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781987537628
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2016 · ISBN 9781540826022
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2016 · ISBN 9781537320830
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2016 · ISBN 9781539727637
  • The Guermantes Way · Booklassic · 2016 · ISBN 9789635223329
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2016 · ISBN 9781537419015
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2016 · ISBN 9781541180246
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2016 · ISBN 9781535433501
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2015 · ISBN 9781517393632
  • The Guermantes Way · Anncona Media · 2014 · ISBN 9789176053393
  • Guermantes Way · Naxos · 2014 · ISBN 9798212511889
  • Guermantes Way · Naxos · 2014 · ISBN 9798212511896
  • The Guermantes Way · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2014 · ISBN 9781495394928
  • The Guermantes Way · Dodo Press · 2005 · ISBN 9781905432684
  • The Guermantes Way · Viking · 2004 · ISBN 9781101502884
  • The Guermantes Way · Penguin · 2003 · ISBN 9780141180335
  • Guermantes Way · Penguin Random House · 2002 · ISBN 9780099445982
  • The Guermantes Way · Allen Lane · 2002 · ISBN 9780713996067
  • The Guermantes Way · Penguin Books India PVT, Limited · 2002 · ISBN 9780140910445
  • The Guermantes Way · Modern Library · 1993 · ISBN 9780685625491
  • The Guermantes Way · Chatto & Windus · 1972 · ISBN 9780701110567
  • The Guermantes Way · Chatto & Windus · 1967 · ISBN 9780701110574
  • The Guermantes Way · ISBN 9781199820358
  • The Guermantes Way · ISBN 9798704578918
  • The Guermantes Way: · ISBN 9798523768927

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