I admit that I still have some pages to go because I unfortunately got bombarded with heavy readings from other classes as well. However, so far, I can already tell that this isn’t my favourite read. To put it short before I elaborate, it’s a tedious read because I feel like I’m just reading run-on […]
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We were instructed to read Combray by Marcel Proust, and it sure was an interesting read. Although I found it confusing and difficult, in some way I found it engaging and fascinating. I am not exactly sure how to write about my thoughts and feelings on this read, so bear with me. The first thing […]
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Marcel Proust’s “Combray,” was an extremely hard read for me. When I began reading, I expected the sentences to be lengthy because of the introduction, but the wordiness still surprised me. I found myself getting confused a lot while reading. I figured…
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Marcel Proust’s “Combray,” was an extremely hard read for me. When I began reading, I expected the sentences to be lengthy because of the introduction, but the wordiness still surprised me. I found myself getting confused a lot while reading. I figured…
Posted in Blogs, Proust | Tagged with childhood, family, memory
Hi, All. I hope everyone has had a great weekend! We were assigned to read Combray’s “Swann’s Way” by Marcel Proust this week. This Novel is exciting in the way it captures a recreation of time past. In this Novel, we see different types of time. …
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Hi, All. I hope everyone has had a great weekend! We were assigned to read Combray’s “Swann’s Way” by Marcel Proust this week. This Novel is exciting in the way it captures a recreation of time past. In this Novel, we see different types of time. …
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Hello everyone, welcome to my second blog! After reading Proust’s Combray this week, I have a lot of insights that I want to share with you.In this novel, the author mainly recounts a childhood memory in Combray. In the first part, the personal traits …
Hello everyone, welcome to my second blog! After reading Proust’s Combray this week, I have a lot of insights that I want to share with you.In this novel, the author mainly recounts a childhood memory in Combray. In the first part, the personal traits …
Combray, Proust Combray by Marcel Proust overall gave me an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia. It reminded me very much of, from what I can remember, being a child. I felt connected with these scenarios of family situations, being a child at family gatherings. You know who everything is, you know kind of what’s going on, […]
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Hello everyone, welcome to my second blog! After reading Proust’s Combray this week, I have a lot of insights that I want to share with you.In this novel, the author mainly recounts a childhood memory in Combray. In the first part, the personal traits …
