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    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted to like this book. But, I just kept dozing off. Lovely poetic nothing happens for page after gorgeous page,  while the the Jurassic era becomes the Cretaceous, colonies of brachiopods harden into cliff faces and the cool afternoon sun slants in on the morning of the Cenozoic.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9780642">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There wouldn't happen to be a Proust-Hater's Club around here, would there?<br/><br/>&quot;Swann's Way&quot; is awful.  I kept hearing people fawn over it, so I read it all the way through, just to make sure.  I am in the process of reading the entire set.  There are so many books, each with so ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5038879">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can pretty much honestly tell you this book has the most beautiful, ornate language I have ever read outside of Shakespeare.  I recommend the Scott Moncrieff translation, if you care about such things.  While this book is part of a seven part series, this is the only one I've read.  I won't lie: i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/739537">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me nearly 30 years to finish &quot;Remembrance of Things Past&quot; (but it was worth it!) and I always say that one of the reasons was that every time I set it aside I wanted to start back up from the beginning again. The reason? The bulk of &quot;Swann's Way&quot; is a self-contained novel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5921893">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the most frustrating, time-consuming, difficult, rewarding, and profound novel I've ever read.<br/><br/>The language is just stunning. Proust has this way of making everything, even things you've seen and experienced many times, seem just completely new and vibrant and meaningful.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6920297">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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