Marcel Proust: a life

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