In the first episode of the "Overture" to "Swann's Way"—the first novel in Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" sequence—a young, distraught Marcel is calmed by his mother as she reads from "François le Champi", a novel which (it is explained) was part of a gift from his grandmother, which also included "La Mare au Diable", "La Petite Fadette", and "Les Maîtres Sonneurs". As with many episodes involving art in "À la recherche du temps perdu", this reminiscence includes commentary on the work.