![]() ![]() I was surprised to find that Proust is such a good writer that it was a good listening experience even with most of the book missing. I fell in love with the audiobook and Neville Jason's narration. Then at a sale I bought two volumes of a 12-volume (abridged) Naxos audiobook on CD. An acquaintance and I would commiserate with each other, from time to time, on our lack of progress intimidated no doubt by Proust's reputation for long sentences. My encounter with Proust's great work commenced ten years or so ago, when I purchased a six-volume version in hardcopy. The narration is very clear and a pleasure to listen to but the text is just too windy for my tastes. And yes - I know that makes me a philistine but I don't care. ![]() ![]() I just found myself thinking that Twain or Hemmingway would have given me just as much information and just as much pleasure in about half a page and 5 minutes of narration. ![]() I listened fo 7+ hours to the story of a mans life and realised that at the end of it I could not care less what happened to him. I set out on this thinking, "Great - another classic to get under the belt" but while I made my way all the way through this volume I gave in halfway through the next. Lovely for a while but then it starts to wear thin after a few hours. Like being fed constantly on perfectly ripe strawberry's dipped in rich cream. But it gets really, really boring to listen to. ![]()
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