Remembrance of Things Past/A la Recherche du Temps Perdu

Vintage Paperback/Pléiade
Schedule of readings

MK refers to the Vintage three-volume set translated by Moncrieff and Kilmartin, which is the edition to be used for discussion. For those who would like to read in French, JYT refers to the Pleiade four-volumes edited by Jean-Yves Tadié.

 

Proust Society of America
Remembrance of Things Past/A la recherche du temps perdu

Reading Schedule

Proust I

September:

• MK 709-785 from the beginning of Time Regained to “insufferably tedious.”
• JYT 142-202 de “Un peu plus loin” jusqu’à “par la fatigue.”
(Note the variation in the two texts)

October:

• MK 785-885 from “I had gone” to “turned up in Paris.”
• JYT 341-433 de “Tout en me rappelant” jusqu’à  “tout coup.”

November:

• MK 885-1010 from “The new sanatorium” to “the sense, of History.”

December:

• MK 1010- 1107 from “And indeed this” to the end

 

Proust II

September:

• MK 637-706 from “As for the third” to the end of The Fugitive
• JYT 202-272 de “Quant à la troisième” jusqu’à la fin d’Albertine disparue

October:

• MK 709-755 from the beginning of Time Regained to “by events.”
• JYT 275-313 de la première page jusqu’à “par l’événement.”
Note: we slow down in this volume in order to take in its importance in the work

November:

• MK 755-785 from “Before this hour” to “insufferably tedious.”
• JYT 313-341 de “Avant l’heure” jusqu’à “les Anglais et nous.”
(Note the variation in the two texts)

December:

• MK 785-837 from “I had gone” to “not an odalisque!”
• JYT 341-388 de “Tout en me rappelant” jusqu’à “pas un odalisque.”

January, 2010:

• MK 837-885 from “It was not” to “turned up in Paris.”
• JYT 388-433 de “Ce ne fut pas” jusqu’à “tout coup.”

February:

• MK 885-918 from “The new sanatorium” to “forgotten churches.”
• JYT 433-467 de “La nouvelle maison” jusqu’à “les èglises abandonees.”

March:

• MK 918-957 from “As I entered” to “no longer love.”
• JYT 461-496 de “Justement” jusqu’à “nous n’aimons plus.”

April:

• MK 957-999 from “At this moment” to “our mortal hearts.”
• JYT 496-534 de “A ce moment” jusqu’à “placidité immémoriale.”

May:

• MK 1000-1045 from “Of course” to “upon the platform.”
• JYT 534-572 de “Certes” jusqu’à “sur l’estrade.”

June:

• MK 1045-1084 from “Meanwhile” to “according to nature.”
• JYT 572-606 de “Or pendant” jusqu’à “leurs privileges.”

July:

• MK 1084-1107 from “My surprise at Gilberte’s” to the end
• JYT 606-625 de “L’étonnement” jusqu’à la fin

August:

• Re-cap