M. Swann | Proust

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🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Tonight, we’ll read “M. Swann” the next part in our series from French writer Marcel Proust’s monumental “In Search of Lost Time” which is seven volumes long, and first published in 1913. “In Search of Lost Time” follows the narrator's recollections and experiences in the late 19th-century and early 20th-century high-society France. This series does not necessarily need to be followed in order—as it drifts more like memory itself, circling themes and impressions rather than following a linear story. In this episode, we meet Charles Swann, a family acquaintance whose name and presence loom large in the narrator’s early life. Though Swann appears casual and charming, his social status, romantic entanglements, and eventual tragedies become central threads in the broader tapestry of the novel. — read by 'V' — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:33.6	Tonight, we'll read Overture, the opening to French writer Marcel Proust's Monumental in Search of Lost Time, which is seven volumes long and first published in 1913.
1:48.1	In Search of Lost Time follows the narrator's recollections and experiences in late 19th and early 20th century High Society France, while reflecting on the loss of time and lack of meaning in the world. Proust's masterpiece is known for its long,
1:56.6	winding sentences, philosophical digressions, and deep attention to memory, particularly involuntary
2:06.0	memory, like the famous taste of a Madeline dipped in tea. Rather than a tightly plotted story,
2:14.5	it reads more like a meditation, where every detail or emotion may unfold over pages.
2:24.0	The overture introduces this dreamlike style, often blurring the line between waking and sleep, present and past.
2:42.8	Let's get cozy.
2:46.6	Close your eyes.
2:52.6	Relax your body. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.
3:01.7	Now, take a few deep breaths.
3:15.5	For many years, albeit, and especially before his marriage,
3:24.3	Monsieur Swan the younger,
3:26.5	came often to see my family at Combray.
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