When was Swann’s Way first published?

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Portrait of French author Marcel Proust, seated with his hand resting thoughtfully against his chin, wearing a dark suit and looking directly at the camera. — Marcel Proust French author Marcel Proust wrote what is considered one of the supreme achievements of modern fiction, the seven-part autobiographical novel *À la recherche du temps perdu* (1913–27; *In Search of Lost Time*).

Swann’s Way (originally titled Du côté de chez Swann), the first volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental work In Search of Lost Time, was first published in November 1913.12

After being rejected by several publishers, the volume was ultimately issued at the author’s own expense through the publisher Bernard Grasset.12