Published in 1921-1922, &quot;Sodom and Gomorrah&quot; is the&nbsp;fourth volume from &quot;<b><i>In Search of Lost Time</i></b>&quot;.<br />Marcel Proust&rsquo;s novel takes up for the first time the theme of homosexual love, male and female, and dwells on how destructive sexual jealousy can be for those who suffer it.<br />&quot;Sodom and Gomorrah&quot; is also an unforgiving analysis of both the decadent high society of Paris, and the rise of a philistine bourgeoisie that is on the way to supplanting it. Characters who had lesser roles in earlier volumes now reappear in a different light and take center stage, notably Albertine, with whom the narrator believes he is in love, and also the insanely haughty Baron de Charlus.&nbsp;<br /><br />&quot;<b>In Search of Lost Time</b>&quot; is composed by seven magnificent volumes:<br />- Volume One: &quot;Swann&#39;s Way&quot;<br />- Volume Two: &quot;In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower&quot;<br />- Volume Three: &quot;The Guermantes Way&quot;<br />- Volume Four: &quot;Sodom and Gomorrah&quot;<br />- Volume Five: &quot;The Prisoner&quot;<br />- Volume Six: &quot;The Fugitive&quot;<br />- Volume Seven: &quot;Time Regained&quot;