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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

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! 😊  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

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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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

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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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

Marcel's early childhood comes more clearly into focus. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

The childhood room as a symbol of the psyche, and extension of the childhood self. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

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

How the mind gradually reassambles the self and the surroundings when waking up. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

Proust is easing in the childhood memories, as he is gradually falling asleep. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

Reading paragrah two and three, from the opening :) Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message

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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thebookpodcast/message