A Journey with Proust

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

Richard B. Emerson


    • Apr 5, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 12m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    Summary of Combray, and Proust's first Writings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 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!

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 19:56


    Enjoy! :) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 15:48


    Enjoy! :) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 14:26


    Enjoy! For more episodes - visit patreon.com/thebookpodcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 20:46


    Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

    Updates! Continuing the episodes, and other projects :))

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 1:32


    Welcome back! After a super nice message from one of our listeners this week, we're aiming to make more episodes on this podcast a bit later this autumn - after we've finished a current project about Dante's Comedy and a Journey through Paradise! More about the Dante project is here: https://ancientworld.website ! Thanks for listening, and enjoy!!

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

    #7 - Childhood memories, and the longing for a good-night kiss.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2020 12:07


    Marcel's early childhood comes more clearly into focus. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

    #6 - The Magic Lantern with images projected in light on the walls of Marcel's Childhood Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 8:39


    The childhood room as a symbol of the psyche, and extension of the childhood self. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

    #5 - Childhood memories of rooms and places, as the memory blends with dreaming.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2019 15:09


    Marcel is falling more asleep, and the world of his early childhood becomes more vivid and present. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

    #4 - Re-finding the world when waking up.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019 12:37


    How the mind gradually reassambles the self and the surroundings when waking up. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

    #3 - Dreams and journeys, and the elusive mind.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 8:02


    Proust is easing in the childhood memories, as he is gradually falling asleep. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

    #2 - Proust is about to fall asleep, and the memories and beauty appears to him.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 6:47


    Reading paragrah two and three, from the opening :) Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

    #1 - The Opening of "In Search of Lost Time"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 4:07


    The opening moments of Marcel Proust's novel, when he is about to fall asleep - and is partly dreaming. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebookpodcast/message

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