The Fugitive

"The Fugitive," the sixth volume of Marcel Proust's novel "In Search of Lost Time," opens with a devastating blow: "Mademoiselle Albertine has gone!" This simple sentence throws us into the emotional turmoil of the narrator as his possessive love for Albertine crumbles with her sudden departure.

The Fugitive picks up where "The Prisoner" (a.k.a. "The Captive" left off, where the narrator attempted to control and confine Albertine's movements. Now, faced with her absence, he grapples with jealousy, despair, and a desperate need to understand the woman he loved and lost.