08-26-2021, 11:51 AM | #1 |
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Marcel Proust - Happy Birthday!
Happy 150th Birthday, Marclel Proust, you horny old rogue!
Born on July 10, 1871. (150 years and one month!) I just now purchased Vol. 1 of the William C. Carter translation, a Proustian scholar who translated the first 4 volumes and is presumably working on the remaining volumes. This Carter translation is not available as an ebook in the U.S.A., so I decided to take a virtual flight to the UK - the weather was great, by the way! - where I purchased it from Kobo. About 20 years ago I read the first volume in the Scott Moncrieff translation, and then later the Pleiade revised edition of that first volume. And then, unaccountably, I skipped to volume 4 or 5. And I continued to love what I was reading. I've now decided to read them in order: The first 4 in the Carter translation, and the remaining volumes in the available Pleiade editions. (I have the Modern Library ebook which combines all the books in one omnibus volume.) SPOILER: The butler did it! Last edited by Dr. Drib; 08-26-2021 at 02:08 PM. |
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I thought he was still alive.
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08-27-2021, 07:47 AM | #3 |
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Apparently a lot of people misheard that as 'Bruce' but for many years I thought it was 'Proust'. Quote:
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