Episode 5: The Verdurin Salon

Proustian Paths by James Holden

Jul 23, 202119:42Arts

In this new episode, our gentle walk through the text of Marcel Proust’s classic novel In Search of Lost Time sees us leave Combray behind and enter Paris, and the Verdurin salon. Here, we’ll meet the regulars, the ‘litt...

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