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J. Walker
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I'd read 800 pages of Moncrieff, in the first two books of A La Recherche, and it had been a slog. Then I switched to the Kilmartin compilation put out by Modern Library and skipped to the final volume, Time Regained. I'm 200 pages in and engrossed.
I thought the time period of the 20th century would be more familiar territory, but I wonder how much is the liveliness of the translation, which can be crucial
— May 01, 2022 03:48PM
I thought the time period of the 20th century would be more familiar territory, but I wonder how much is the liveliness of the translation, which can be crucial
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J. Walker
is on page 94 of 784
I got bogged down in Moncrieff's translation and never really got absorbed into it, and when I read about the Penguin Modern Library edition from a later edition, I leapt at the chance to give it an assessment. However the happenstance, I picked up the final volume, Time Regained. Perhaps it was the 20th century setting, perhaps it was the translation, but I dove right in, and I'm enjoying this much more than that
— Mar 13, 2022 03:47PM
