Odette de Crecy is attractive to Charles Swann at first glance, but he is uninterested in it. Swann's longing grows as their paths continue to cross at the theatres and drawing salons of high society in Paris. What comes next will take Swann far from the quiet comfort of his social life and take him into self-delusion, jealousy, and crazy fantasy. Swann in Love is a standalone novella from Proust's mammoth masterpiece that tells the heartbreaking and exquisitely funny tale of the illusions of love and desire. It is the ideal introduction to one of the greatest novels in the history of literature since it is full of the deep social satire and perceptive insight that define Proust's style.