Lost Time Thursday: The Favorite Writer

Jan 22, 2016 03:42

"And so, too, in later years, when I began to write a book of my own, and the quality of some of my sentences seemed so inadequate that I could not make up my mind to go on with the undertaking, I would find the equivalent in Bergotte. But it was only then, when I read them in his pages, that I could enjoy them; when it was I myself who composed ( Read more... )

lost time thursdays, marcel proust

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osprey_archer January 22 2016, 01:17:22 UTC
Why does no one ever mention that Proust is strangely adorable? I've always gotten the impression that Proust was totally impenetrable (and, okay, that is a very long sentence you quoted), sort of like James Joyce but with madeleines.

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evelyn_b January 22 2016, 05:42:07 UTC
Maybe he gets impenetrable later! Right now he's about as impenetrable as a bright summer brook, and extremely adorable.

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