![]() However, from both Shattuck's and Matz's articles, it is clear that these relatively self-contained narratives don't map cleanly to individual volumes. Aaron Matz says of this cycle:ĭespite all their connections to the earlier volumes of the novel, The Prisoner and The Fugitive (along with the second half of Sodom and Gomorrah) constitute a novel unto themselves, a total fiction. Similarly, the second half of Sodom and Gomorrah (volume 4), and the entirety of The Prisoner and The Fugitive (volumes 5 and 6), constitute what is called "the Albertine cycle". The first two sections of Proust's novel, "Combray" and "Swann in Love," can stand separately and have earned many admirers. It is true that some sections of the narrative are relatively self-contained. The English Wikipedia, for example, does not even have separate entries for each volume. ![]() Outside of specialized research or publication/translation contexts, it is rare to find the individual volumes being treated singly. ![]() ![]() Rather, the novel is a developing story the narrator is relating events from his life, and each volume furthers the narrative. ![]() In Search of Lost Time is one work in seven volumes. Yes, the books are related and are intended to be read in order. ![]()
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