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Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past, #1) - Community Reviews back

by Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff, Terence Kilmartin
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Blyth Book Blog
Blyth Book Blog rated it 6 years ago
A challenging, amazing, unique book. If you want to try reading it, don’t get quickly discouraged; just put down the book and come back to it later. For me, the third section, “Swann in Love,” was the most accessible, so if you’re stuck on the first two sections, you could just skip ahead and read t...
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 7 years ago
I read Proust's masterpiece back in 1985. What did I know of life then? Nothing! Having recently read a Smithsonian editorial that made fun of the novels, and remembering all too well one particular hilariously snippy Monty Python sketch (the Summarize Proust Competition), I too wanted to be able ...
Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 9 years ago
I fully appreciated this version of the novel for two reasons: I had read the Graphic Novel of the book (comic book) by Stephane Heuet, and I absolutely always love a George Guidall narration. I haven't listened to the other versions of this volume by other narrators, there's no need to since nobody...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 9 years ago
bookshelves: fraudio, re-read, france, re-visit-2013, bellybutton-mining, epic-proportions, fradio, published-1913, autumn-2015, re-visit-2015, radio-4x, glbt, france-paris Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from November 09, 2013 to November 17, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007...
Elham
Elham rated it 10 years ago
Love itself is a big mess. I didn't like to read about it too.
Edward
Edward rated it 11 years ago
Note on the Translation (1981)Note (1992)--Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time Volume I)NotesSynopsis
kennethjmcginnis
kennethjmcginnis rated it 11 years ago
4.03452134
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
bookshelves: fraudio, re-read, france, currently-reading, re-visit-2013 Read from November 09 to 14, 2013, read count: 2 4 Extra Debut. A writer journey's back into his childhood recalls the sad affair of Charles Swann. Stars James Wilby and Imogen Stubbs.Listen hereThat Faberge egg is not all i...
Books etc.
Books etc. rated it 11 years ago
I'm sorry to say that I've fallen into the trapping of reading this book to be able to say that I've read it. You know, I've been to Paris, i've seen the Louvre (no I haven't), I've read Proust. I didn't mean to and honestly at the beginning I enjoyed it quite a lot. But then on Swann's part of cour...
JK
JK rated it 12 years ago
I've read about the powerful message of memories in this book, but... that seems the smaller picture to me. Yes, many times throughout the novel, the most trifle objects become the key to lost memories, but ultimately this seems a testament to love rather than rememberance. Love of family. Love of f...
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