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In Search of Lost Time (Dramatised)
- Narrated by: James Wilby, Jonathan Firth, Harriet Walter, Imogen Stubbs, Corin Redgrave
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
Featuring a fictional version of himself - 'Marcel' - and a host of friends, acquaintances, and lovers, In Search of Lost Time is Proust's search for the key to the mysteries of memory, time, and consciousness. As he recalls his childhood days, the sad affair of Charles Swann and Odette de Crecy, his transition to manhood, the tortures of love and the ravages of war, he realises that the simplest of discoveries can lead to astonishing possibilities.
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- pss
- 17-07-11
BBC does Proust proud
An enchanting journey into Proust's greatest work, with the BBC's typical attention to sound quality. A difficult work is made approachable and mesmerising. Recommended to be listened to in the highest quality possible. It's a little like falling into someone else's mind.
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- Dazler
- 30-07-15
Wonderful
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I have wanted to read Proust for a while now, but was always a little daunted so opted for this wonderful BBC production and loved it. I now feel ready to start all the seven original/unabridged novels. Highly recommended.
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- Maxine
- 26-04-12
Beautifully read.
I could not wait until I found time to listen each day. What a wonderful story made so much more vivid by the dramatisation.
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- Sasha
- 23-12-12
So glad I read it!
I'm so glad I read it! Reading a book is always better than the watching the film, and listening to a book is so much easier... Even though it lasts almost 6 hours I thought it was worth every minute of my time and I can't wait to get the rest of the series.
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- Andrew Hammond
- 09-12-16
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What would have made In Search of Lost Time (Dramatised) better?
More likeable/relatable characters and a vaguely interesting story would be a start
Would you ever listen to anything by Marcel Proust again?
Most likely not
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
The dramatisation is fine.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from In Search of Lost Time (Dramatised)?
The parts after the introduction and before the Epilogue
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I decided to use one of my credits on this book after reading numerous effusive reviews not just on this site, but from around the web; I have even seen this book described as the 'best book ever written'.
After listening to a good portion of the book I just don't understand what all the fuss is about...in my view it is may be the most over rated book I have ever read
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- Kasey
- 15-03-15
Brilliant performance moved me to tears at times
Narration was brilliant felt like you were in the audience of a play than a book highly recommend downloading it
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- Mark
- 02-09-19
Excellent Introduction to Proust
I have been meaning to read 'In Search of Lost Time' for ages and as with many readers, its sheer size put me off. This then is the perfect introduction to Proust. Weighing in a just over five hours it is a relative sprint compared to the full marathon. Yes, something will have been lost in the editing but on the other hand, much is gained in the dramatisation. Made a few car journeys much more enjoyable.
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- Laura
- 28-10-18
An absolute must read/listen to
What a wonderful thought-provoking story of life and how we form our ingrained associations during childhood, of which will later drive all of our future relationships. I think I’d need to read/listen to this story another 5 times before fully grasping it’s depth.
Wonderfully read aloud by the narrator.
Only small critique would be the ‘background’ noises/chatter was sometimes a little annoying. Understand the purpose is to create the atmosphere of which it did.
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- Miss C.
- 05-05-16
Interesting but not life changing
I have been meaning to read this for ages, I was recommended this version and I am really glad to have listened, I found it hard to like any characters enough to care about their love lives, hugely self indulgent, but still strangely addictive
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- karrar
- 29-07-19
I just can't get bored from it
I love how everything is perfect in this work, the performance, the music, the words and the amazing voice of the narrator !! I kept repeating this book again and again. I just can't get enough of it. I wish the same performers in this book would be doing another long work like Dostoevsky very long novels !
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