The third novel from the multi-volume psychological epic "in search of lost time" by the French writer Marcel Proust in a classic translation by the outstanding Ukrainian translator Anatole Perepadi. After tender memories of his first love and poetic summer dreams, Marcel Proust immerses the reader in the disturbing world of the aristocracy. The Germanic side, the third book in the famous seven-volume epic, brilliantly and ironically explores the poetry of snobbery and the changing charms of social life. The young narrator discovers elegant salons and the mysterious figure of Dukin Germantskaya. And it is here, on the "worn kotsik" of her palace, that the dreams of youth first collide with the harsh everyday life, and The Shining names and coats of arms lose their aura of romance, exposing illusions and bitter disappointment.