301 Reading Proust with Strangers

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Jacke kicks off the next hundred episodes with a discussion of the Netflix series Lupin, the story of Proust begging his neighbors for quiet and secretly paying newspapers for good reviews, and a visit from Mike Palindrome to discuss his project to read Proust in an online community. Along the way, we discuss Within a Budding Grove (i.e. what makes it the dark horse favorite of many Proustians) and Mike selects his Top Ten Tweets from the #ProustTogether project. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. New!!! Looking for an easy to way to buy Jacke a coffee? Now you can at paypal.me/jackewilson. Your generosity is much appreciated! The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:10.0	Hello everyone.
0:13.7	Welcome to episode 301 of the history of literature. Okay, here we go. Hello everyone. I guess I said that already. Welcome to I guess I said that already.
0:40.0	Welcome to I guess I said that already too. What's next? The theme song again?
0:44.9	Let's not waste any time because we have a great show for you today, Proust.
0:49.6	Volume 2 within a budding grove. do not change the channel or delete or do whatever you do
0:57.1	when you think a topic won't appeal to you especially for those of you who haven't
1:00.5	read Proust volume 2 or haven't read Proust's volume two or haven't read Proust at all.
1:04.8	This is still for you.
1:06.9	I'm going to tell you all about the wild publication history of volume two.
1:12.3	You don't need to have read Proust to enjoy this story.
1:15.6	It's got a little chicanery in there. Kind of like Lu Pan. Have you watched this Netflix show, Lu Pan?
1:22.4	It's the best French television show I have ever
1:25.4	seen admittedly it's not a long list French films I suppose I've seen a few
1:32.0	hundred of those but TV shows not so much but this show
1:35.3	Lu Pan with Omar sigh is very enjoyable and it made me look up the main
1:40.7	characters inspiration which is a set of stories from
1:44.4	1905 or so about the gentleman burglar, Arsene Lu Pan.
1:50.6	Lu Pan, that's my French again.
1:54.0	Written by Maurice LeBlanc.
1:57.0	The stories were heavily influenced by Sherlock Holmes, kind of the other side of Sherlock Holmes, the gentleman burglar, and in fact there were even a few stories where Lu Pan matched wits with the great London sleuth.
2:14.0	Then the lawyers got involved, letters were written, Doyle, let it be known that this was not okay to use the Sherlock Holmes character without his permission and so the French publishers
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