Daniel Karlin isGraduate Director for the School of English, University of Sheffield.

• Chapter 1: Proust's English World


• i: Anglomanie


• ii: For what fault have you most toleration?


• iii: 'Je ne prétends pas savoir l'anglais.'


• iv: 'I do not speak french'


• v: Le livre des snobs


• Chapter 2: Swann and Odette


• i: Enter Swann(s)


• ii: 'La dame en rose'


• iii: Odette's smarts


• iv: Odette orchidophile, Odette orchidée


• v: Odette en fleurs


• vi: Swann's way with words


• vii: 'C'est bien ce qu'on appelle un gentleman?'


• viii: L'israélite du Jockey


• ix: 'D'origine anglaise'


• Chapter 3: Choses Normandes


• i: Balbec as found


• ii: Le Grand-Hôtel de Balbec-Cabourg


• iii: Le sport


• iv: The painter of modern life


• Chapter 4: Les Mots retrouvés


• i: Un englische; un English


• ii: Du pur vocabulaire


• iii: Qu'est-ce que l'Anglais?


• iv: Etymology and deformation


• v: Un arriviste digne de louange


• Appendix: The location of English words and phrases in À la recherche du temps perdu

A fascinating study of English words and phrases in A la recherche du temps perdu, dealing both with the social comedy of French 'Anglomania' - characters who yearn to resemble 'un parfait gentleman' or invite each other to 'le five-o'clock tea' - and with Proust's profound understanding of the necessary 'impurity' of all languages and artistic creation. Karlin demonstrates that English is a significant presence in this greatest of French masterpieces.