Publisher's Synopsis
In the conclusion to this section of Proust's classic, we finally come to understand what he means by 'budding grove'. As summer on the beach winds down, the adolescent Proust is increasingly smitten by the young beauties of his age that he passes by but never gets to meet, until a well-known painter gives him that very chance. The romantic anticipation, the teasing sensations, the fantasised expectations mixed with the summer sun, the sea breeze... some things never change.
