PROUST, M.: Remembrance of Things Past (Abridged)

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Swann's Way (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. 'For A Long Time I Used To Go To Bed Early' - 8:34
2. The Ritual Of The 'Good Night' Kiss - 4:23
3. Swann And The Middle Class Caste - 7:31
4. 'Our Social Personality Is Created By The Thoughts Of Other People' - 9:30
5. My Foreboding - The Evening Ritual In Danger - 9:31
6. 'I Never Took My Eyes Off My Mother' - 2:29
7. A Desperate Stratagem - 4:34
8. Agitation And Desperate Measures - 7:47
9. Caught In The Light Of My Father's Candle - 3:20
10. 'Many Years Have Passed...' - 9:26
11. The petites madeleines... - 4:27
12. And Suddenly The Memory Returns - 6:10

Swann's Way (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Decked In Long Shadows Of Memory - 6:43
2. Francoise And Aunt Leonie - 5:38
3. M. Legrandin, The Engineer - 2:48
4. Eulalie, The 'Energetic, Deaf Spinster' - 6:16
5. My Last Visit To Uncle Adolphe - 11:54
6. Reading In The Sunlight - 4:47
7. My Friend Bloch And Literary Conversation - 11:23
8. Aunt Leonie With Francoise And Eulalie - 12:19
9. The Kitchen Maid's Confinement And A Waking Dream - 4:10
10. M. Vinteuil, The Music Master - 12:41

Swann's Way (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Francoise - 'A Colonel In The Kitchen' - 7:34
2. 'Alas- We Have Had To Alter Our Opinion Of M. Legrandin' - 15:32
3. The Two Ways - Swann's Way and The Guermantes Way - 5:43
4. 'The Whole Path Throbbing With The Fragrance Of The Hawthorn Blossom' - 9:20
5. Mlle Vinteuil And Her Friend - 8:40
6. My Aunt's Last Illness - 3:20
7. Watching From The Bushes - 10:01
8. The Guermantes Way - 3:54
9. The Zone Of Melancholy - 9:57

Swann In Love (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The Little Clan At The Verdurins' - 9:03
2. M Swann - So Ardent A Lover - 10:49
3. Odette de Crecy - A Ravishing Creature - 8:22
4. Swann's First Night At The Verdurins' - 4:50
5. A New Society For M Swann - 9:20
6. Memories Of Vinteuil's Sonata - 5:52
7. Odette's Charming Entreaties - 4:25
8. Tea At Odette de Crecy's - 7:09
9. A Search - And A Rearrangement Of Orchids - 10:25
10. Evening Diversions - 8:16

Swann In Love (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Comte de Forcheville - Arrival At The Verdurins' - 7:50
2. The First Public Slight - 'No Orchid Tonight?' - 9:27
3. A Fresh Turn Of The Screw - 13:35
4. Different Carriages - 7:02
5. Not Tonight At The Verdurins' - 6:49
6. A Wagnerian Duplicity - 11:16
7. Kept On Tenterhooks - 7:17
8. Music At The Marquise de Saint - Euverte's - 6:16
9. The Arrival Of The Princess des Laumes - 9:49

Swann In Love (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Vinteuil's Sonata Again - 7:25
2. The Questioning Of Odette - 11:48
3. More Questions - 'Procuresses?' - 4:21
4. Daylight Falling - Waves Against A Cliff - 9:23
5. Place Names: The Name - 8:53
6. Gilberte - In A Poussin Garden - 4:51
7. Consumed By Gilberte - 12:34
8. A Special Street - Swann's Street - 10:08
9. The Disquieting Acacias Of The Bois de Boulogne - 8:48

Within A Budding Grove (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Inviting The Marquis de Norpois To Dinner - 9:44
2. M. de Norpois Persuades My Father To Let Me Go To The Theatre - 8:25
3. My First Matinee - A Disappointment. - 7:31
4. Meeting M de Norpois Before Dinner - 10:47
5. The Church At Balbec - 5:49
6. Marriage And The Swanns - 12:05
7. 'And Was Mme Swann's Daughter At The Dinner?' - 6:15
8. My Father - Unexpected Kindnesses - 3:14
9. A New Year's Day Offering - 8:38

Within A Budding Grove (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. 'Neurotic Subjects Are Perhaps Less Addicted...' - 9:54
2. Hopes For A Welcome At The Swanns Home - 9:27
3. The World Of Odette Swann - 9:26
4. 'Le lunch' And Vinteuil's Sonata. - 7:20
5. Lunch With The Writer Bergotte - 8:28
6. Further Friendship With Bergotte - 10:36
7. Worldly Advice About Women From My Old Friend Bloch - 6:00
8. Good Intentions And Struggles With My Writing - 5:26
9. 'The Last Time That I Called To See Gilberte, It Was Raining' - 8:10

Within A Budding Grove (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. 'Mme Swann Attached Great Importance To Her 'Tea' - 8:14
2. New Year's Day Again, An Unhappy Anniversary - 6:38
3. A Windfall Of Ten Thousand Francs - Now Not For Giving Pleasure But For Taking Pleasure... - 8:26
4. Walks With Mme Swann In The Avenue du Bois Near The Etoile - 7:22
5. Place-Names: The Place - 8:37
6. The Church At Balbec - 8:21
7. The Aftermath - Burning With Exhaustion - 8:58
8. Society At Balbec - 4:56
9. The Marquise de Villeparisis And My Grandmother's Principles - 6:56
10. Princesse de Luxembourg In A Stately Equipage, Plums And Wagner - 11:00

Within a Budding Grove (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The Balbec Doctor - 7:41
2. Robert de Saint-Loup - Mme de Villeparis's Nephew - 6:16
3. Saint-Loup Made A Conquest Of My Grandmother - 3:01
4. My Old Friend Bloch - 7:37
5. An Invitation From Bloch To Dinner - 5:35
6. The Sensation Of Being Watched - 5:54
7. The Baron de Charlus - 6:13
8. Tea At Mme de Villeparisis's Room - 10:27
9. A Knock At My Bedroom Door - 7:19
10. The Family Bloch - 9:07
11. My Grandmother, Her Hat And The Photograph - 4:14

Within a Budding Grove (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. We Desire, We Seek, We See Beauty - 7:55
2. An Elderly Banker - 7:10
3. The Happiness Of Knowing These Girls Was, Then, Not To Be Realised - 7:45
4. Simonet And Family - 6:16
5. The Famous Painter Elstir - 8:29
6. A Fresh Suit For A Visit - 6:15
7. A Young Bicyclist, Her Polo-cap Pulled Down Towards Her Plump Cheeks - 9:59
8. Strolling To The Front - 10:13
9. Hope For Futher Meetings - 6:53
10. A Small Tea-Party To Meet Albertine - 8:34

Within a Budding Grove (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Andree, With Eyes Of Extraordinary Brightness - 6:35
2. A Short Stroll With Albertine - 9:12
3. Andree, Albertine, Echoes Of Gilberte... - 14:10
4. Mixed Messages - 7:24
5. The Moon And Albertine - And An Invitation - 7:15
6. At The Grand Hotel - 5:51
7. Albertine, Virtuous? - 8:07
8. Back To Wandering Dreams - 4:48
9. Solving The Problem Of Existence - 9:23

The Guermantes Way I (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. We Had Moved - To The Hotel De Guermantes - 12:19
2. Exploring The Hotel De Guermantes - 9:53
3. The Opera-Comique - 8:45
4. Berma In Phedre Again - 8:18
5. Early Morning Walks For A Casual Rendeszvous - 6:40
6. Visiting My Friend, Robert Saint-Loup - 9:08
7. No Time To Be Sad - 5:48
8. 'Isn't That Mme De Guermantes's Photograph? - 6:28
9. Robert And His Mistress - 6:10
10. Telephonic Connexion With My Grandmother - 5:49

The Guermantes Way I (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. An Uneasy Farewell From Robert - 7:58
2. The Winter Was Drawing To An End... - 8:15
3. The Suburb Of Paris To Visit Robert's Mistress - 10:27
4. In The Theatre - 7:23
5. Another Row - 10:16
6. A Party At The Home Of Mme De Villeparisis - 8:15
7. The 'Marie Antoinette' Lady - 7:59
8. Bloch And Legrandin - 9:58
9. Two Young Men - The Baron De Guermantes And The Duc De Chatellerault - 3:28
10. 'Bloch Rose And Went Over To Look At The Flowers' - 3:43

The Guermantes Way I (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. M. de Norpois And The Dreyfus Case - 7:28
2. The Duc de Guermantes - 14:11
3. The Comtesse de Marsantes, Robert's Mother - 6:36
4. The Prince von Faffenheim-Munsterburg-Weinigen, M. de Norpois And - A Favor - 7:43
5. The Arrival Of Mme Swann - 11:11
6. Observing Robert - 6:02
7. M de Charlus - 4:56
8. An Arm Snatched From Mine On Sight Of M D'Argencourt - 4:56
9. My Grandmother Is Not Well - 15:58

The Guermantes Way II (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Professor E... Gives His Diagnosis - 9:26
2. 'When... My Grandmother Had Been Put To Bed...' - 11:08
3. 'There Came A Time When Her Uraemic Trouble Affected My Grandmother's Eye' - 10:22
4. The Arrival Of Dr Dieulafoy - 5:25
5. 'I Had Been Born Again, Life Lay Intact Before Me' - 4:42
6. Albertine Arrives - 7:49
7. Francoise Interrupts - 13:01
8. A Late Arrival At The Home Of Mme de Villeparisis - 10:38

The Guermantes Way II (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Mme de Stermaria - Anxious Anticipation - 5:24
2. The Welcome Voice Of Robert de Saint-Loup - 6:29
3. The Influence Of Robert - 7:32
4. The Home Of The Guermantes - 9:46
5. Further Introductions - 6:52
6. The Curvoisiers - The Rival Faction Of The Family - 13:39
7. Sitting Down To The Table - 6:54
8. 'Green Asparagus Grown In The Open Air Ought To Be Eaten With Eggs' - 13:35

The Guermantes Way II (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The General de Monserfeuil - 8:28
2. 'I Find King Edward Charming, So Simple, And Much Cleverer Than People Think' - 7:19
3. 'Already I Had Made Several Attempts To Slip Away' - 6:49
4. I Arrive At The Home Of The Baron de Charlus - 6:34
5. 'I Looked At M. de Charlus... Magnificent Head... Repellent, An Apollo Grown Old' - 11:21
6. 'My Anger Had Not Calmed M de Charlus - 13:23
7. At The Home Of The Duke de Guermantes - 5:30
8. M Swann Arrives - 12:01
9. M Swann Makes A Revelation - 6:56

Sodom and Gomorrah Part I (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Part I: Standin On The Staircase - 9:30
2. Part I: Asking For A Light - 5:26
3. Part I: 'A Race Of Beings...' - 11:00
4. Part I: 'From this Day Onwards, M. de Charlus Was To Alter The Time Of His Visits' - 4:04
5. Part II: The Party At The Princesse de Guermantes - 5:56
6. Part II: Looking For An Introduction To The Princede Guermantes - 8:12
7. Part II: M. de Charlus, The Duc And Duchesse de Guermantes - 7:41
8. Part II: Discussions About Discussions - The Drefus Affair - 7:54
9. Part II: The Son Of Madame de surgis - 5:46
10. Part II: A Hand On My Shoulder - Robert de Saint Loup - 9:47

Sodom and Gomorrah Part I (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Part II: A Conversation With M. Swann - 9:53
2. Part II: M. Swann Continues The Story - 5:57
3. Part II: The Princess de Guermantes' Feeling For Palamede - 2:38
4. Part II: The Duc And Duchesse de Guermantes Leave Their Cousin's Party - 7:16
5. Part II: Back Home - And Waiting For Albertine - 11:16
6. Part II: 'When Albertine Had gone...' - 6:41
7. Part II: The Heart's Intermissions - Back In Balbec - 6:39
8. Part II: On the First Night - 'Complete Physical Collapse' - 8:46
9. Part II: 'An Inward Lethe Meandering' - 7:36
10. Part II: 'The Indolent Charm Of A Seaside Existence' - 6:02
11. Part II: The Arrival Of My Mother - 3:58

Sodom and Gomorrah Part I (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Part II: Images Of The Past While Albertine Waits - 7:03
2. Part II: More Grief And An Interrupted Train Journey - 6:50
3. Part II: Suspicions Of A Gomorrhan Nature In Albertine - 6:19
4. Part II: Doubts And Rejections - 7:17
5. Part II: Affairs Viewed And Imagined From A Distance - 5:05
6. Part II: Mme de Cambremer's barouche - 6:03
7. Part II: Monet, Chopin And The Dowager Marquise - 8:14
8. Part II: Heated Confused Emotions With Albertine - 9:36
9. Part II: Further Dilatoriness And Reflections Of Andree And Mme Putbus's Maid - 10:20
10. Part II: Two Sisters From A Watermill - 5:48
11. Part II: More Gamorrhan Distractions - 6:20

Sodom and Gomorrah Part II (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Waiting At The Balbec Station With Albertine - 5:45
2. In A Carrriage With A Reader Of Revue des Deux Mondes - 5:02
3. Noticing M de Charlus - 7:43
4. On The Wednesday Train To Dine At la Raspeliere - 8:14
5. Cottard, The Doctor , Tells Of The 'Great Scholars And High Nobility To Come' - 9:34
6. An Encounter With The Princess Sherbatoff - 5:45
7. Arriving At la Raspeliere - 5:37
8. The Entry Of M de Charlus And Morel - 9:00
9. Mme de Cambremer Starts To Enjoy Herself - 7:59
10. Memories Of A Conversation That Afternoon - 9:16
11. Saniette, The Antiquarian, Receives The Attention Of M Verdurin - 5:08

Sodom and Gomorrah Part II (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. 'To Put An End To Saniette's Torture...' - 4:15
2. Rising From Supper, M. de Charlus Gives His Titles - 5:28
3. More Expositions From M de Charlus And Some Music - 8:37
4. Last Refeshments And Conversation, And Farewells - 11:07
5. Musing On Mr de Charlus' Footmen And A Letter - 10:13
6. Driving With Albertine - 6:59
7. Complications With M de Charlus And Morel - 4:41
8. Back With Albertine - 8:32
9. Next Morning... - 6:58
10. 'M de Charlus Lived In A State Of Deception' - 11:40

Sodom and Gomorrah Part II (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. M de Charlus Is Disappointed And Hurt - 5:27
2. Returning With Morel - 7:54
3. In The Brothel At Mainville - 6:35
4. Morel Receives Another Surprise - 2:55
5. More Society Complications - 6:08
6. 'Odd Habits' Of Albertine? - 8:09
7. The Train Leaves But Anxieties Continue - 4:10
8. Waiting For An Oppurtunity For A Final Rupture - 8:06
9. Staying The Night At Balbec - 7:26
10. More Torments - 6:41
11. Alone In My Room - 10:36

The Captive Part I (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. In Bed In Paris - 6:13
2. 'I Rang For Francoise. I Opened The Figaro' - 8:40
3. 'As Soon As She Entered My Room, She Sprang Upon My Bed' - 8:02
4. 'I Questioned Her Point-Blank' - 6:13
5. 'Francoise Came Into Light The Fire' - 8:32
6. 'But Already The Day Was Ending' - 6:50
7. The Dreyfus Affair - Still - 5:16
8. The Baron de Charlus And Morel - 9:39
9. The Baron And Jupien's Niece - 11:12
10. The Scent Of Syringa - 4:25

The Captive Part I (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Reflections With Elstir, Bergotte, Vinteuill - 8:19
2. 'After Andree Left, Albertine Came To My Room' - 7:08
3. Albertine Reclining - 6:16
4. Two Images Of Albertine - 12:25
5. 'Each Day Was For Me A Different Country' - 10:43
6. Albertine's Intention To Pay A Visit To Mme Verdurin - 10:40
7. 'Albertine Went To Take Off Her Things...' - 5:10
8. 'I Was Now At Liberty To Go Out With Albertine As Often As I Chose.' - 11:03

The Captive Part I (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. 'On The Morrow, I Awoke Early...' - 9:55
2. 'As Soon As Albertine Had Gone Out...' - 10:33
3. 'I Had Received A Letter From Mamma That Morning...' - 12:45
4. 'Half An Hour Later, The Telephone Bell Began To Ring...' - 9:27
5. 'Albertine Was On Her Way Home' - 6:01
6. 'A Memory Of A Far-off Moment' - 9:35
7. 'I Learned That A Death Had Occured... That Of Bergotte' - 13:12
8. Morel In Tears - 7:01

The Captive Part II (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Brichot Alights From A Tram - 7:50
2. Baron de Charlus With Darkened Eyelids - 4:55
3. The Monotony Of Pleasures - 4:50
4. Jealousies - 8:26
5. Entering The Verdurin's Hall - 6:40
6. Tensions And Pretensions At The Verdurins - 5:45
7. M de Charlus' Inconstancy - 13:34
8. Morel And The Musicians Assemble - 8:13
9. A Short Interval - And The Septet Begins Again - 7:55
10. The Music Finishes - 4:40
11. M de Charlus Begins To Withdraw - 6:44

The Captive Part II (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Mme Verdurin - 8:04
2. My Regrets And Concerns - 7:21
3. Still Detained - 4:44
4. Mme Verdurin Warns Morel - 10:07
5. M de Charlus Comes Back - 8:47
6. I Arrive Home - 6:26
7. Recriminations About Balbec - 12:50
8. 'It Is Better That We Should Part...' - 6:57
9. Furhter Tests - 9:46
10. 'My Little Albertine...' - 3:32

The Captive Part II (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. 'In The Morning...' - 2:50
2. Play-Acting - 4:55
3. A Glimpse - 5:14
4. More Games - 7:28
5. Albertine, The Pianola And Images - 6:02
6. The Old Doubts - 5:48
7. Winter Was At An End - 6:12
8. Two Features Of Albertine - 6:51
9. Spring - And Anger Emerges - 8:44
10. Intimate Stratagems - 6:29
11. 'Is Albertine Out Of Bed Yet?' - 5:45
12. A Visit To Versailles - 4:53
13. Parisian Evocation - 4:40
14. I Rang For Francoise - 2:33

The Fugitive (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. 'Mademoiselle Albertine has gone!' - 5:10
2. Reflections - 8:29
3. 'I decided to write Albertine a farewell letter' - 7:00
4. Waiting for a reply - 3:34
5. 'A telegraph from Robert and a letter from me' - 5:34
6. 'Francoise brings two rings' - 3:54
7. A letter from Albertine - 4:30
8. The duplicity of Saint-Loup - 9:40
9. 'She never came back' - 7:24
10. 'Summer was at hand' - 9:30
11. 'Albertine...still excited my jealousy' - 5:48
12. 'The mysterious delight of a penetration' - 6:37
13. 'In Albertine's case...' - 2:04

The Fugitive (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. 'We have no hold over the life of another person' - 4:55
2. 'Curiosity unbounded' - 4:26
3. Aime's report - 6:28
4. A further report from Aime - 7:22
5. The loosening of attachments - 6:57
6. 'Andree came to see me' - 8:27
7. Immense desire - the cruelty of memory - 14:23
8. Mlle d'Eporcheville/Le Figaro - 6:23
9. A surprise meeting - Mlle Forcheville - 9:49
10. A month later, luncheon with the Guermantes - 4:57
11. Sketches by Elstir - 5:18

The Fugitive (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. 'The process of oblivion' - 3:43
2. Another visit from Andree - some revelations - 7:18
3. The real Albertine - the young Bacchanal on the front at Balbec - 6:37
4. 'My mother brought me to Venice' - 7:39
5. Breezes, gondolas, and disillusion for Mme Sazerat - 7:44
6. A curious telegram - 8:07
7. On the train to Paris - 6:30
8. 'The train reached Paris...' - 6:56
9. 'About this time I used to see a good deal of Gilberte' - 11:19
10. A visit to Combray - 9:10
11. Fresh touches to the image of a memory - 4:04

Time Regained (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. At Tansonville with Gilberte - 7:37
2. 'Saint-Loup insisted I should remain...' - 7:37
3. Years in a sanitorium with a visit to Paris in 1914 - 4:32
4. 'At dinner time the restaurants were full...' - 2:55
5. 'Occasional meetings with Baron de Charlus and Bloch in Paris in 1914' - 6:19
6. A return to the sanatorium - and the receipt of letters from Gilbert and Robert - 3:37
7. On my second return to Paris - another letter from Gilberte - 3:55
8. A visit from Robert de Saint-Loup - 3:18
9. 'Thinking about Saint-Loup's visit as I was walking to Mme Verdurin's...' - 7:01
10. A further vendetta against Baron de Charlus - 7:49
11. The views of Baron de Charlus - 5:24
12. The destruction of men and the effect of the War in France - 6:36
13. The aeroplanes passing through the night sky - 7:46
14. Among abandoned, derelict houses, one of opulence and activity - 4:14
15. Entrance to the house followed by a sailor - 2:01

Time Regained (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. A shocking discovery - 6:22
2. 'I implore you, mercy, mercy, have pity' - 2:49
3. A croix-de-guerre had been found on the floor - 10:27
4. News of the death of Robert de Saint - 10:56
5. Back to another sanatorium - and finally, after some years, a return to Paris - 2:44
6. I ordered a carriage to take me to the party of the Prince de Guermantes - 6:43
7. 'I got down from the carriage again for a little before reaching the Princesse de Guermanes' - 2:00
8. I stumble on some uneven paving stones - 4:13
9. I entered the Guermantes' mansion - 3:55
10. I forced myself to try and see clearly - 8:52
11. Fragments of existence removed from time - 3:27
12. As I entered the Prince de Guermantes' library - 4:02
13. Real life...which has been uncovered and illuminated... is literature; a work of art is the only... - 5:59
14. At this monent, the butler arrived to tell me that... I could leave the library...' - 6:56

Time Regained (more info)
Composed by: Marcel Proust
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The Duchesse de Guermantes: 'You, my oldest friend.' - 4:23
2. Old age, the meaning of death and the meaning of words - 8:03
3. Odette - looking like 'a rose that had been sterilised' - 4:50
4. I could hardly recognise my friend Bloch - 8:04
5. 'An effect of Time' - 2:07
6. 'Kindness, the simple process of maturing...' - 3:52
7. 'A stout lady came up and greeted me - Gilberte' - 6:24
8. 'Rachel, now a celebrated actress' - 2:20
9. Tea at the home of the great actress Berma - 2:16
10. Judgements on Rachel - 6:02
11. The lives of the Duchess, the Duke and Odette, Mme de Forcheville - 7:58
12. 'The idea of lost Time...' - 5:12
13. 'This idea of Time had another prize for me... I told myself it was time to begin' - 5:12
14. 'This idea of death installed itself permanently in me...' - 8:29

The Life and Work of MARCEL PROUST (more info)
Composed by: Nestor Marconi
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Reynaldo Hahn sings Offrande, 1909 - 8:00
2. Three fictional creative artists: a composer, a painter and an author - 6:52
3. Proust's episodes of 'involuntary memory' were a means of - 3:53
4. The Franco-Prussian War - 2:06
5. The birth of Marcel Proust, 10 January 1871 - 6:30
6. The goodnight kiss - 11:47
7. Military service - 5:50
8. The first short story - 4:30
9. Influential drawing rooms - 3:49
10. Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac - 8:08
11. Reynaldo Hahn - 13:43
12. Lucien Daudet - 2:05
13. The Dreyfus Case - 2:16

The Life and Work of MARCEL PROUST (more info)
Composed by: Nestor Marconi
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The Dreyfus Case (cont) - 3:53
2. Pleasures and Days - 6:31
3. Jean Santeuil, the early, autobiographical novel - 6:34
4. Anna de Noailles - 3:30
5. Marcel Proust and John Ruskin - 7:55
6. More work: Ruskin's The Bible of Amiens - 5:01
7. The move to 102 Boulevard Haussmann - 5:12
8. Time Lost, Time Regained, involuntary memory - 5:35
9. Alfred Agostinelli - 7:36
10. Sergei Diaghilev, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso and friends - 9:20
11. Looking for a publisher - 8:23
12. The manuscript is delivered to Grasset - 4:47
13. Proust and Agostinelli - 4:47
14. Proust and Agostinelli (cont) - 1:27

The Life and Work of MARCEL PROUST (more info)
Composed by: Nestor Marconi
Neville Jason, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The publication of Swann's Way - 9:57
2. The First World War begins, 3 August 1914 - 7:50
3. The year of 1915 - 7:56
4. The poet Paul Morand - 3:07
5. Proust begins to go out again into the world - 4:58
6. Proust changes publishers - and joins - 6:00
7. The Armistice - a meeting with Harold Nicholson and a move to Rue Hamelin - 2:34
8. Within a Budding Grove published in 1919, winning the Prix Goncourt - 6:22
9. The meeting with James Joyce - 2:15
10. Proust and Music - 6:30
11. The Guermantes Way Part 2 and Sodom and Gomorrah published 1921 - 4:09
12. Colette remembers - 1:22
13. People and characters - 7:47
14. Worsening health and death - 7:07

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