Swann's Way
Marcel Proust
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Swann's Way is the first book in the seven-volume work In Search of Lost Time, or Remembrance of Things Past, by Marcel Proust. It is a novel written in the form of an autobiography. Proust's most prominent work, it is popularly known for its length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the Madeleine." (Summary from Wikipedia) (24 hr 17 min)
Chapters
| Overture, Part 1 | 36:42 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Overture, Part 2 | 49:33 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Overture, Part 3 | 35:07 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Overture, Part 4 | 38:50 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Combray, Part 1 | 47:02 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Combray, Part 2 | 47:41 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Combray, Part 3 | 49:22 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Combray, Part 4 | 45:21 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Combray, Part 5 | 41:49 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Combray, Part 6 | 48:25 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Combray, Part 7 | 48:54 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Combray, Part 8 | 44:51 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Combray, Part 9 | 35:41 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Combray, Part 10 | 38:06 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Swann in Love, Part 1 | 53:30 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 2 | 56:28 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 3 | 50:34 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 4 | 55:08 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 5 | 57:06 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 6 | 52:28 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 7 | 54:18 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 8 | 57:18 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 9 | 54:10 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 10 | 59:54 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 11 | 58:42 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 12 | 54:50 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Swann in Love, Part 13 | 49:23 | Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) |
| Place-Names: The Name, Part 1 | 45:32 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Place-Names: The Name, Part 2 | 42:58 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
| Place-Names: The Name, Part 3 | 47:23 | Read by Andrew Coleman |
Reviews
Gordon
Tried to read this a few times without success. Discovered this audiobook and sat back and relaxed into this spoken word version. Well done. Very enjoyable
Listen and be richly rewarded!
STEVEGOUGH
If you are like me and find reading Scott Moncrieff's Proust quite a challenging experience: endless sentences, little or no paragraphing, hardly a chapter division in sight - then you will find this audiobook a richly rewarding experience. Neither Andrew Coleman or the late Denny Sayers possesses a conventional audiobook voice (Oxbridge, received English) but what both offer is intelligence, sensitivity and, most important of all, an understanding of how Proust's unique narrating voice must be subtly paced, layered with the right pauses, to be properly understood and appreciated. The joy of this top quality Librivox recording is that in this way Proust and his world come vividly alive.
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Malinov
I have read this masterpiece many times; how wonderful to hear someone read it to me! Bravo!
Vartan V
Beautiful book for all times. Touching my inner core and exciting it.
Bookworm
Severely marred by the reader's speech impediment, and his poor French pronunciation.