“On the Way to Swann” is the first novel of Marcel Proust’s many-volume epic “In Search of Lost Time.” Proust unfolds the inner world of his hero, recording his feelings and his attitude toward reality. The author also portrays the social milieu in which the novel’s action unfolds, sparing no sharp, ironic characterizations. What interests Proust is vivid, mobile life full of color; the novel abounds in descriptions of landscapes and surroundings that surround the book’s hero.