The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust; Part One (124 pages)

For this meeting, please read to page 124 in the Moncrieff version.

Read until the paragraph:
"The wind grew stronger. It was grainy and bristling with coming snow. I returned to the main street and jumped on board the little tram, from the platform of which an officer was acknowledging, without seeming to see them, the salutes of the uncouth soldiers who trudged along past the pavement, their faces daubed crimson by the cold, reminding me, in this little town which the sudden leap from autumn into early winter seemed to have transported further north, of the rubicund faces which Breughel gives to his merry, junketing, frostbound peasants."

À la recherche du temps perdu is an exploration of "the past" and that which can be grasped, felt, or recaptured for a fleeting instant. Proust felt the effort worthwhile and tackled it in his 4,000-page novel, split into seven volumes.

Whether you are first-time reader of Proust, or a re-reader, join us for Volume Two; Within A Budding Grove. I expect a total of 5 meetings to discuss Within A Budding Grove. The meetings will be oversubscribed. RSVP, even if you are initially on the waitlist, and the regular readers/participants (anyone who joined for Swann's Way) will have a spot.

There are two acclaimed translators for Proust: C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Lydia Davis. I'm reading the Moncrieff version, but do your own research and select the translation you prefer.

Here is a link to the full Moncrieff box set:
https://a.co/d/iumU7XP

Here is a version of The Guermantes Way on Gutenberg:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73425/pg73425.txt