&ldquo;Mademoiselle Albertine has gone!&rdquo; These are the words that open Proust&acute;s masterpiece &quot;<i>In Search of Lost Time</i>&quot;&#39;s sixth book, &quot;The Fugitive&quot; (1925).<br /><br />&quot;The Fugitive&quot; picks up seamlessly where &quot;The Captive&quot; left off, with Marcel stunned to find that his hostage lover has finally decided to spread her wings and fly away. &nbsp;Reading her goodbye letter, the young man struggles to come to terms with his loss, despite the fact that in recent times he was the one hoping for a bloodless end to their relationship. &nbsp;Left alone with his pain (and his housekeeper&hellip;), he struggles to come to terms with Albertine&rsquo;s decision, wondering how best he can persuade her to return.<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;