角色: 馬賽爾 Macel, the Narrator

原型: 普魯斯特自己, 但整本書只在"女囚"中提到過一次主角的名字, 其他時候不是說"我", 就是"M."
The Narrator's Name : The narrator of the novel identifies himself only as "M." However, the narrator suggests that his name is Marcel, as the following paragraph in the fifth volume (The Captive) indicates.
~~~The uncertainty of awakening revealed by her [Albertine's] silence was not at all revealed in her eyes. As soon as she was able to speak she said: "My——" or "My dearest——" followed by my Christian name, which, if we give the narrator the same name as the author of this book, would be 'My Marcel,' or 'My dearest Marcel.'~~~

請見:【馬賽爾‧普魯斯特】

角色特色: 有時旁觀有時加入, 有時又彷彿看不見的隱藏式攝影機; 敘述之外, 也作分析, 反省

不會和希爾貝特分離，這種幸福使我產生了寫篇好文章給德‧諾布瓦先生看的願望——而不是能力。我動手寫了幾頁便感到厭煩，筆從我手中落下，我惱怒得哭了起來。我想到自己永遠是庸才，想到自己毫無天賦，連即將來訪的德‧諾布瓦先生向我提供的永不離開巴黎的良機都沒有能力利用。

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Marcel's debut：我讓敍述者取了個跟本書作者一樣的名字，所以這稱呼是“我的馬塞爾”或“我親愛的馬塞爾”