One character in this work, Bergotte, dies while staring at Vermeer's View of Delft.
One character in this work, Bergotte, dies while staring at Vermeer's View of Delft. The narrator of this work becomes obsessed with jealousy over his lover Albertine, and describes the rise of the Verdurins. Set largely at Combray, its sections include The (*) Guermantes Way and Time Regained. Its first section, Swann's Way, includes a scene in which the narrator's memories are sparked by the taste of a madeleine cake. For 10 points, name this magnum opus of Marcel Proust.
One character in this work, Bergotte, dies while staring at Vermeer's View of Delft.
In {Search} of {Lost} Time [or {Remembrance} of Things {Past}; or A la {recherche du temps perdu}