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Has anyone actually read In Search of Lost Time? I'm only 200 pages in and I'm dying of boredom.

>> No.9248078

>>9247909
We have, it is you that hasn't - at least properly. Don't read it for the plot, read it like you would read Ulysses; because it is really well received, you are going to look for flaws, so matter how good it is you are going to get disappointed. The "flaws" are part of the experience, read the book in a different way.

Read it again.

From the start.

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9248349

>reading for pleasure

>> No.9248354

>>9247909
It's supposed to be beautiful. And read slowly. Jeez, you can't speedread it or force yourself to read a lot of it everyday or whenever you don't feel like it, you'll kill it.

Buy a copy if you haven't so you don't need to keep renewing it from the library.

>> No.9248431

>>9248078
I finished the first 2 books in translation, learned better French and now read parts of it that I liked or randomly like poetry. First time I was bothered by the sometimes nonsensical actions of the characters but now I appreciate it a lot. Probably I'll finish it in 3 years.

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9248560

>>9248349
THIS

Why the FUCK are you trying to satisfy an itch you can't scratch? Learn something that you can use for the rest of your life. EVOLVE AS A HUMAN. ASCEND. ASCEND. ASCEND!

>> No.9248602

It took me 2 years.

>> No.9248957

So read it or don't?