&quot;Swann&rsquo;s Way&quot; was first published in 1913 and is the first volume of Proust&rsquo;s &quot;<b>In Search of Lost Time</b>&quot;, a chronicle of the Belle &Eacute;poque in France (the years preceding World War One). &quot;Swann&rsquo;s Way&quot; is a novel made up of three different sections: <i>Combray</i>, where the narrator describes his childhood and illness, <i>Swann in Love</i>, where we are introduced to his love for a woman named Odette, and <i>Place-Names: the Name</i>, where the narrator tells us about the journeys he dreams of taking, were it not for his illness.<br /><br />Proust self-published &quot;Swann&rsquo;s Way&quot; after it was rejected by a range of publishers, who failed to see the merit of a book &ldquo;describing how he tosses and turns in a bed before falling asleep&rdquo;. They would later regret this decision, as &quot;<b>In Search of Lost Time</b>&quot; was greeted with great enthusiasm by Proust&rsquo;s contemporaries and continues to be read and analyzed to this day.<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;