The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust

The Guermantes Way

In Search of Lost Time #3

Marcel Proust with C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator), Terence Kilmartin (Translator)

864 pages • first pub 1920 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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The "Guermantes Way," in this the third volume of In Search of Lost Time, refers to the path that leads to the Duc and Duchess de Guermantes's ch teau near Combray. It also represents the narrator's passage into the rarefied "social kaleidoscope" ...

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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%

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4.18

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