A Journey with Proust
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Summary of Combray, and Proust's first Writings
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reading and commentary from the last part of Combray, and a Summary. 25 new episodes are here: patreon.com/thebookpodcast Enjoy!
#16 - The Madelaine Cookie, and nature of Memory.
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The hidden memories - and the famous scene of the Madalaine cake that opens the Past for Marcel. This is the final episode from the "Overture" of In S...
#15 - The mother reads for Marcel, and we drift back into the present.
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy! :)
#14 - Marcel's mother comes, and his father too.
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A pivotal moment in little Marcel's self understanding as a little boy, and his own nervous nature. Thanks for listening!
#13 - Marcel is waiting, and Mr. Swann leaves. His father goes up to bed.
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy! :)
#12 - Little Marcel is sending a note, to his mother.
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy! For more episodes - visit patreon.com/thebookpodcast!
#11 - Swann's thoughts on books, and Marcel goes to bed without the Kiss.
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy!
#10 - M. Swann, and young Marcel missing the Good Night kiss of his Mother.
12 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are now into the more elaborate parts of Proust's descriptions of early life and people and events in minute detail. Main topics are social class i...
#9 - Life as a series of little galleries of memories, and images.
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How a person is constructed in the minds of others, and how time and life could be seen as a succession of stages like little galleries of experiences...
#8 - M. Swann, and his father's loss of his Wife.
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are getting more into the storytelling Proust, with 2,5 pages of details of early life and the people around the main person. M. Sw...
#7 - Childhood memories, and the longing for a good-night kiss.
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Marcel's early childhood comes more clearly into focus.
#6 - The Magic Lantern with images projected in light on the walls of Marcel's Childhood Room
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The childhood room as a symbol of the psyche, and extension of the childhood self.
#5 - Childhood memories of rooms and places, as the memory blends with dreaming.
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marcel is falling more asleep, and the world of his early childhood becomes more vivid and present. Enjoy!
#4 - Re-finding the world when waking up.
21 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How the mind gradually reassambles the self and the surroundings when waking up.
#3 - Dreams and journeys, and the elusive mind.
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Proust is easing in the childhood memories, as he is gradually falling asleep.
#2 - Proust is about to fall asleep, and the memories and beauty appears to him.
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Reading paragrah two and three, from the opening :) Enjoy!
#1 - The Opening of "In Search of Lost Time"
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The opening moments of Marcel Proust's novel, when he is about to fall asleep - and is partly dreaming. Enjoy!