Sodom et Gomorrhe, 8/2/26: pp. 1-29
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Herein we begin Volume Four of À la Recherche du temps perdu: ***Sodom et Gomorrhe*** and are 40+ percent through our second cycle reading Proust's epic en français. Join us to read Proust in the original and discuss the joys and sorrows of Marcel in French and English on biweekly Sundays at noon on Zoom.
Thanks to Sue Willen, who is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Proust en français
Date: August 2, 2026
Time: 12 pm PDT
**Meeting ID: 874 0267 3282
Passcode: 059090
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Edition: [À la recherche du temps perdu IV]:
Sodome et Gomorrhe: edition d'Antoine Compagnon. Folio Classique (numero 2047), Gallimard, 2019/21 [ISBN: 9782072967719]
Be aware: older editions with different paginations use same ISBN. Make sure you order and receive the 2019/21 printing with the blue kaleidoscope cover.
See Goodreads for details.
See Bookfinders to buy used [$11+] or new [$14+] under three covers of the definitive edition released over the last 30 years.
One-volume edition: Quarto Gallimard, 1999/2024 [ISBN: 9782073079794] $43+
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Schedule of readings [22 sessions] (subject to change):
Lisez jusqu'à:
08/02/26: pp. x-29, "
08/16/26: to page 53, "Il n'etait pas aussi difficile..."
08/30/26: to page 77, “ “
09/13/26: to page 102, “ “
09/27/26: to page 123. "Mot aussi j'etais presse..."
10/11/26: to page 148, "LES INTERMITTENCES DU COEUR"
10/25/26: to page 173, "Quelles declamations..."
11/08/26: to page 197, "Quelques jours apres..."
11/22/26: to page 222, "Ausitot seuls et engages..."
12/06/26: to page 248, "Nous etions, Albertine et moi..."
12/20/26: to page 273, "Si un client de Cottard..."
01/03/27: to page 296, "Mme Verdurin qui, pour nous..."
01/17/27: to page 319, "Peut-etre le mieux serait-il..."
01/31/27: to page 344, "Le morceau fini, je..."
02/14/27: to page 369, CHAPITRE III
02/28/27: to page 394, "Ce que malheureusement..."
03/14/27: to page 418, "Ce qui me surprit beaucoup..."
03/28/27: to page 440, "Au mot tire du grec dont..."
04/11/27: to page 463, "Le couvenir relatif a Morel..."
04/25/27: to page 486, "Pendant les retours..."
05/09/27: to page 501, "-- Alors soit, quoique je ne..."
05/23/27: to page 515, fin
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