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The Proust Question

A rivalry, a quartet, a church? on the first page? That's odd, no? she asked. And Marcel Proust said "Yes! My lovely little phrase- she is famous now?!'

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Posted on January 19, 2024February 22, 2024

Taking stock

Okay, so I got up to page 129 in the Pleiade for my ‘read Proust marathon starting January 1,’ and then I had to go back again. There was too much stuff packed into the pages and I couldn’t take it all in properly to serve my purposes, which is to track the little phrase. Thus, I’ve had to Continue reading “Taking stock”

Posted on December 8, 2023February 22, 2024

Saint Marcel, author of the book

Okay, a word about all the church stuff. Archbishops, saints, churches, resurrection.

I’m not proselytizing here. I’m talking in a fictional sense. And I think the same could be said for Continue reading “Saint Marcel, author of the book”

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