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Albertine disparue

Albertine disparue

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ClassicsLiterary Fiction
Pages
315
Published
1925
Language
Spanish

Synopsis

The sixth volume of Proust's masterpiece follows the narrator as he grapples with the sudden departure and death of Albertine. He navigates the painful process of grief and the slow erosion of memory while uncovering the secrets of her past. This installment serves as a deep meditation on jealousy and the way time alters our most intense emotions.

Prose complexity
10/10

Collected in

Book cover of À la recherche du temps perdu
À la recherche du temps perdu

Vibe

MelancholicReflectiveComplexIntellectual
Unreliable NarratorMorally GreyBetrayal

Genres

Classics Literary Fiction

About the author

M
Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust — in full Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust — was a French novelist, literary critic and essayist, born on 10 July 1871 in Auteuil, on the western edge of Paris. He suffered from asthma from childhood. As a young man he moved in fashionable Parisian society and published criticism, short pieces and French translations of John Ruskin (La Bible d'Amiens and Sésame et les lys); from around 1897 his declining health drew him steadily out of social life, and he spent his final...

Characters

Marcel (À la recherche du temps perdu)Protagonist
Françoise (À la recherche du temps perdu)Supporting
All characters in Albertine disparue

Frequently asked questions

  • Does Albertine disparue need to be read after other books?

    This volume is the sixth part of a larger work, and while it can be appreciated on its own for its thematic depth, a richer understanding of the characters and their development comes from reading the preceding volumes.

  • Is Albertine disparue also known by other titles?

    This volume was first published posthumously in 1925 as Albertine disparue; the first definitive French edition (1954) titled it La Fugitive instead, and English translations have appeared as both The Fugitive and, in the original Moncrieff translation, The Sweet Cheat Gone. This particular edition is a Spanish translation by Consuelo Berges, published as "La fugitiva."