In the fifth volume the narrator lives in his family's Paris apartment with Albertine, who has come to stay with him. His love has turned into anxious possessiveness, and he watches her movements, questions and silences, trying to learn what she hides. Around this domestic drama are scenes of music, society and the sharp comedy of the Verdurin circle and the baron de Charlus. Proust examines how love can become a form of confinement for both people. It was published after his death, and is a penetrating study of jealousy.