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Week ending 01/18: Swann's Way, to page 224 / location 3260
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Week ending 01/11: Swann's Way, to page 139 / location 2160
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Reading a book for the first time is a great, exciting experience that packs a myriad of emotions and sensations: you’re happy because of the joy of starting another journey, anxious because of your expectations, curious because of the reviews you've read or things you’ve heard about the story… it’s something similar to going out on a first date, where everything is novelty and - if the book (the person) proves to be interesting indeed - you want to find out more and more. Once the initial excit
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Re-read this book in January 2015 and wrote a review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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It is like a slow train ride through France.
Jul 17, 2014
Dave
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it was amazing
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All my Proust Essays are on Amazon.
Revisiting an author I avoided when I studied French at university, I was surprised that Proust's writing was more accessible than I had feared. Not that it immediately grabs you: the vast sentences with their minute analysis of characters' motives ("Nooo, not another subclause - my puny intellect can't cope!") engages you only slowly. Don't look for a page-turning twist-driven plot here. What you get is a sort of beautifully-written, melancholy and contemplative retrospective set in fin de siec
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Jan 06, 2014
Hannah
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