I have long admired your many writings, but when I saw that you'd published an essay on Proust, I knew I had to subscribe immediately. As it happens I've read only the first thirty pages or so of In Search of Lost Time (I learned very quickly in my search for a good translation that 'Remembrance of Things Past' was one of M…
I have long admired your many writings, but when I saw that you'd published an essay on Proust, I knew I had to subscribe immediately. As it happens I've read only the first thirty pages or so of In Search of Lost Time (I learned very quickly in my search for a good translation that 'Remembrance of Things Past' was one of Moncrieff's many small but significant blunders); but I found those first thirty pages so deliciously tantalising (and a welcome break from the beige, staccato, periodic sentences of so much contemporary fiction) that I ordered the full box set (Kilmartin revision) for my upcoming birthday.
I was going to spend the summer reading Moby-Dick. It occured to me, however, that some novels demand to be read in certain seasons, and Moby-Dick seems to me a winter novel. I hope that Proust gives me as much pleasure this summer as he clearly gave you. Many thanks!
Dear Mr. Hart,
I have long admired your many writings, but when I saw that you'd published an essay on Proust, I knew I had to subscribe immediately. As it happens I've read only the first thirty pages or so of In Search of Lost Time (I learned very quickly in my search for a good translation that 'Remembrance of Things Past' was one of Moncrieff's many small but significant blunders); but I found those first thirty pages so deliciously tantalising (and a welcome break from the beige, staccato, periodic sentences of so much contemporary fiction) that I ordered the full box set (Kilmartin revision) for my upcoming birthday.
I was going to spend the summer reading Moby-Dick. It occured to me, however, that some novels demand to be read in certain seasons, and Moby-Dick seems to me a winter novel. I hope that Proust gives me as much pleasure this summer as he clearly gave you. Many thanks!