Don't try to read Proust for the style
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Don't try to read Proust for the style
Read it for the content, and appreciation of the style will come in time
About twelve years ago I was browsing the shelves in a library near my house, and I came across the first volume of Proust's novel.1 I was about three years into my Great Books enterprise at that point, and I was like hmm I've heard of this, so I took it down and took it home and read it.
I was frequently bored while reading Swann's Way. The first third i…
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