Le Côté de Guermantes by Marcel Proust

Le Côté de Guermantes

In Search of Lost Time #3

Marcel Proust

661 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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After the relative intimacy of the first two volumes of In Search of Lost Time, The Guermantes Way opens up a vast, dazzling landscape of fashionable Parisian life in the late nineteenth century, as the narrator enters the brilliant, shallow world...

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Moods

reflective 100%
challenging 52%
funny 30%
emotional 28%
relaxing 21%
sad 19%
informative 11%
inspiring 11%
adventurous 7%
mysterious 7%
dark 4%
lighthearted 4%
tense 4%
hopeful 2%

Pace

slow 91%
medium 8%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 81% | A mix: 18%

Strong character development?

Yes: 47% | It's complicated: 36% | No: 15%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 38% | No: 30% | Yes: 25% | N/A: 5%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 65% | It's complicated: 18% | Yes: 15%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 61% | No: 19% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 5%

Average rating

4.18

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