Aug 13

You've Got Two Weeks Left to Read Proust!

By Michael Kindness Uncategorized Add comments

…if you want to read it as part of the Beowulf on the Beach Reading Challenge, that is… If that deadline is a little too near for you, but you still want to take on Remembrance of Things Past (or In Search of Lost Time, as it’s sometimes translated), check out The Proust Project, a group on Goodreads, started by BOTNS reader Suzanne. She’s gonna read the whole thing and has invited others along for the ride. (You’ll notice Ann and I are part of this group. We’re there for moral support. Don’t start quizzing us on madeleines!)

In the meantime, here’s Jack, reading his favorite line from Remembrance of Things Past:

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We encourage you to write down or print out the title information and shop at your local bookstore. Titles link to LibraryThing, a social networking site that allows you to catalog your home library. LibraryThing also links to various online purchasing options. Here are the books from this post:


Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust, Modern Library trade paperback

(all information is for the U.S. editions).

  • Suzanne

    Wow, thanks!
    I’m ashamed to say that I don’t believe I will finish the entire Proust in two weeks, but I am 2/3 of the way through volume 3 which is to me the “easiest” one to follow so far.

  • Suzanne

    Wow, thanks!
    I’m ashamed to say that I don’t believe I will finish the entire Proust in two weeks, but I am 2/3 of the way through volume 3 which is to me the “easiest” one to follow so far.

  • http://byhookbook.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-challenge-finished-lots-mor Tobi Drabczyk

    I finished the challenge! Over the weekend I read my second book for this challenge. To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. Here is the link to my post.
    http://byhookbook.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-challenge-finished-lots-more-to-go.html
    I intend to continue reading classics out of Beowulf on the Beach. Thanks for letting me know about this book.

  • http://byhookbook.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-challenge-finished-lots-mor Tobi Drabczyk

    I finished the challenge! Over the weekend I read my second book for this challenge. To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. Here is the link to my post.
    http://byhookbook.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-challenge-finished-lots-more-to-go.html
    I intend to continue reading classics out of Beowulf on the Beach. Thanks for letting me know about this book.

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Michael Kindness

    Congrats Tobi!

    I love the last line of your review:
    “…I’m not afraid of Virginia Woolf I just don’t like her all that much.”

  • http://www.booksonthenightstand.com Michael Kindness

    Congrats Tobi!

    I love the last line of your review:
    “…I’m not afraid of Virginia Woolf I just don’t like her all that much.”

  • http://byhookbook.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-challenge-finished-lots-mor Tobi Drabczyk

    Thanks Michael

  • http://byhookbook.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-challenge-finished-lots-mor Tobi Drabczyk

    Thanks Michael

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