Swann's Way

It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany &amp; Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film <i>Moonrise Kingdom</i> to Penguin's own bestsellers <i>Committed</i> and <i>Rules of Civility</i>. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular <i>Daily Drop Cap</i> blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, a 'B' for Charlotte Bronte's <i>Jane Eyre</i>, and a 'C' for Willa Cather's <i>My Ántonia</i>. It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves.<br><br><b>P is for Proust.</b> <i>Swann's Way</i> is one of the preeminent novels of childhood: a sensitive boy's impressions of his family and neighbors, all brought dazzlingly back to life years later by a taste of a madeleine. It also enfolds the short novel &quot;Swann in Love,&quot; an incomparable study of sexual jealousy that becomes a crucial part of the vast, unfolding structure in I<i>n Search of Lost Time</i>. The first volume of the work that established Proust as one of the finest voices of the modern age - satirical, skeptical, confiding, and endlessly varied in his response to the human condition - <i>Swann's Way</i> also stands on its own as a perfect rendering of a life in art, of the past recreated through memory.