This novel discusses the nature of sadism after its narrator spies on a young girl who is goaded by her lesbian lover to spit on a photograph of her dead father.
This novel discusses the nature of sadism after its narrator spies on a young girl who is goaded by her lesbian lover to spit on a photograph of her dead father. In its final pages, its narrator wistfully contemplates the changes that have taken place in the Bois de Boulogne. The central character of its longest section falls in love with a woman because of her resemblance to Botticelli's painting of Zipporah, and then becomes consumed with jealousy over her. This novel introduces its narrator's love interest Gilberte, as well as the "little clan" of the Verdurins. It begins with an "overture" about its narrator's wish for his mother to kiss him good night, and focuses on a man who becomes infatuated with the courtesan Odette. Its narrator recalls his childhood in Combray after tasting a tea-soaked madeleine. For 10 points, name this novel by Marcel Proust, the first volume of In Search of Lost Time.
This novel discusses the nature of sadism after its narrator spies on a young girl who is goaded by her lesbian lover to spit on a photograph of her dead father.
Swann's Way [or Du Cote de Chez Swann; prompt on In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past or A la recherche du temps perdu until mentioned]