Marcel Proust in Podcasts

And something which also has lots of detail or certainly lots of words. I asked you, Georgie, how many words are in Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past? I said 1.3 million. And you were correct! The book also contains lots of very long sentences, including one with over 900 words. One sentence with 900 words, that is a lot.

Let's start with a quiz question. The longest novel in the world is widely thought to be by French author Marcel Proust. A book which, when translated into English, means Remembrance of Things Past. But how many words does the book contain? Is it A. 130 000, B. 1.3 million or C. 13 million?

I don't know, do you ever read, what's his name, Marcel Proust?