Phaedra shares with Britten's more famous Death in Venice the theme of forbidden desire. But unlike Aschenbach, who resignedly accepts his situation, Phaedra most tragically effs around and finds out. #Britten #Racine #Proust #Proustsky

Estrangement. Estrangement.

I'm psychic.

Was it 1234?

Or two months. The Oxford website gives different dates, depending on where you look.

The cover also veers away from the all-#Monet theme. This is Friends at the Theatre by #Degas. The guy on the left is Ludovic Halévy, dad of Proust's friend Daniel.

Ooh. Where'd you get your copy?

Maybe if you apply yourself, you may yet win a third Pulitzer.

Teamed up with three men in disguises to kill some more.

Always a good plan.

I don't think there's even another English translation around. I found one on Amazon, but take a look at this sketchy table of contents. ("Error! Bookmark not defined." What?)

Yes, I can attest to that! Took a while to hunt down a copy. (Even harder to find in hard copy is your The Girl with the Golden Eyes.)

Ah. So this is where the cover of Edmund White's Rimbaud bio comes from.

No wonder he took so long to start writing. Must have been so afraid to disappoint himself! 🤭

Once, the two ways were Villebon and Meséglise. #Proust #Proustsky

These manuscripts include early drafts of the Search, found in the archives of Bernard de Fallois in 2018, shortly after his death. #Proust #Proustsky

I have this. It’s very dense. 😂 For me anyway. 😂😂 Exactly what you would expect from Beckett writing about Proust.