In Search of Lost Time · Character
Legrandin
An engineer with literary pretensions and a horror of being thought a snob, whose elaborate evasions about the Cambremer family betray exactly the snobbery he denies.
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Also known as M. Legrandin, Legrandin
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As a supporting figure in In Search of Lost Time, Legrandin is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Now styles himself Legrandin de Méséglise; his nephew's marriage to Mademoiselle d'Oloron elevates his social standing, though he soon ceases to pursue social ambitions.
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Legrandin cultivates the air of a man above mere social climbing, discoursing on cathedrals and sunsets while carefully avoiding any introduction that might compromise him. Yet his elaborate excuses for not presenting…
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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