# A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs — Deuxième partie

By Marcel Proust.

"À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs — Deuxième partie" by Marcel Proust is the second volume of "À la recherche du temps perdu" published in 1919. The narrator arrives in Balbec, a seaside resort, where he initially leads a solitary existence with his grandmother. Through encounters with aristocrat Robert de Saint-Loup and painter Elstir, he eventually befriends a group of young girls he has long observed from afar, including Albertine and Andrée, as romantic feelings and jealousies emerge. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: French
- Subjects: Autobiographical fiction; Villages -- France -- Fiction; France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction

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