A Journey with Proust

The Book Podcast

Readings, conversations and thoughts from Marcel Proust's Masterpiece: "In Search of Lost Time"! More episodes here!! https://patreon.com/thebookpodcast 😊😊

17 Episodes

Summary of Combray, and Proust's first Writings
4/5/2021
12:42
Reading and commentary from the last part of Combray, and a Summary. 25 new episodes are here: patreon.com/thebookpodcast Enjoy!
#16 - The Madelaine Cookie, and nature of Memory.
11/11/2020
19:16
The hidden memories - and the famous scene of the Madalaine cake that opens the Past for Marcel. This is the final episode from the "Overture" of In Search of Lost Time, future episodes from "Combray" will be available here! https://patreon.com/thebookpodcast Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 😊 
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#15 - The mother reads for Marcel, and we drift back into the present.
11/3/2020
19:56
Enjoy! :)
#14 - Marcel's mother comes, and his father too.
11/3/2020
17:51
A pivotal moment in little Marcel's self understanding as a little boy, and his own nervous nature. Thanks for listening!
#13 - Marcel is waiting, and Mr. Swann leaves. His father goes up to bed.
11/3/2020
15:48
Enjoy! :)
#12 - Little Marcel is sending a note, to his mother.
11/1/2020
14:26
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#11 - Swann's thoughts on books, and Marcel goes to bed without the Kiss.
10/27/2020
20:46
Enjoy!
#10 - M. Swann, and young Marcel missing the Good Night kiss of his Mother.
1/12/2020
13:36
We are now into the more elaborate parts of Proust's descriptions of early life and people and events in minute detail. Main topics are social class in the aristocratic France of the late 18 hundreds, his family members and their views on people and vanity, and the young boy's very strong attachment to his mother and the fear of missing the good night kiss when his parents have visitors. Thanks for listening!
#9 - Life as a series of little galleries of memories, and images.
1/10/2020
16:56
How a person is constructed in the minds of others, and how time and life could be seen as a succession of stages like little galleries of experiences and visual memories. Thanks for listening!
#8 - M. Swann, and his father's loss of his Wife.
1/8/2020
7:05
In this episode we are getting more into the storytelling Proust, with 2,5 pages of details of early life and the people around the main person. M. Swann is given a prominent position in these early outlines of his younger years.  Enjoy!

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A Journey with Proust

The Book Podcast

17 Episodes

Summary of Combray, and Proust's first Writings

#16 - The Madelaine Cookie, and nature of Memory.

#15 - The mother reads for Marcel, and we drift back into the present.

#14 - Marcel's mother comes, and his father too.

#13 - Marcel is waiting, and Mr. Swann leaves. His father goes up to bed.

#12 - Little Marcel is sending a note, to his mother.

#11 - Swann's thoughts on books, and Marcel goes to bed without the Kiss.

#10 - M. Swann, and young Marcel missing the Good Night kiss of his Mother.

#9 - Life as a series of little galleries of memories, and images.

#8 - M. Swann, and his father's loss of his Wife.