Oh boy, this one is a doozy.
I first heard of Proust when I saw, Little Miss Sunshine. Steve Carell's character is a failed Proust scholar.
I have an English minor, but I'd never heard of him. (The reason for that, I found out, is he is French.)
Anyway, I found out he's been dead plenty long where his stuff should be in the public domain.
Then, I found out how long his book is.
This became an Audible task.
I've listened to the first two volumes of his work, (I'm not sure if there are five or seven. Still, a lot.)
It's ok so far. The main character is kind of a douche. He expects everyone to exist just for him and he treats women terribly. He's sort of an entitled 20 year old.
Sometimes it's painful to listen to. (So I listen to it at triple speed.)
Still, I kind of get why it's great literature. I feel like I'm getting more out of it than I'm getting out of reading Appendix N.
Also, just an update on all my audio books I'm, "reading." Right now they're on hiatus. I'm way backed up on the podcasts I listen to.
If you want an insight into my life, here's a list of the podcasts I listen to:
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps: Podcast that is exactly what it sounds like it's about. I've just started listening to this recently. I'm only up to Plato and The Cave. (Like reading literature, this is one of those things I listen to so I can be more worldly.)
The Ancient World: I haven't listened to this yet, but I used to listen to a podcast called, The History of Rome. The guy who did that recommended this.
Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT: This is another one recommended by Mike Duncan. (The History of Rome, podcaster.) It's pretty good. His interview of the RAF bombers who did the runs over Dresden is pretty heartbreaking and I get why he's won awards for this podcast.
The History of the Twentieth Century: Also recommended by Mike Duncan. There's a little bit of humor and some genuinely interesting stuff in there.
Lambo Goal: Two guys who want to buy Lamborghinis talk about how they're going to achieve that. They're incredible at getting you off your butt and working toward achieving more with your life. It's because of them I started writing here.
10 American Presidents Podcast: Also recommended by Mike Duncan. He's incredibly important to the George Washington episode. Super high quality, but very slow to publish
The Tome Show: A guy talks about Dungeons & Dragons. This is actually a bunch of shows. There's The Appendix N Podcast, where two or three people talk about Appendix N; there's the original Tome Show, where they review new D&D products. There's a videogame one, and there is one where people talk about their games. If you're a nerd, it's pretty good, as far as podcasts about Dungeons & Dragons go.
Revolutions: This is Mike Duncan's current podcast. He's talking about important revolutions in human history. He did the English Civil War, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and now he's doing the Haitian Revolution. He's incredible. His first podcast was The History of Rome. It goes from Romulus and Remus to the fall of the western empire. Truly amazing work.
The Dungeons & Dragons Podcast: I sometimes listen to this to find out about new stuff coming out. The Tome is a much better show, but every once in a while, this can be cool. The difference between this and The Tome, is The Tome is written by a teacher who is enthusiastic about games and stories, and these people don't understand there's other stuff than Dungeons & Dragons.
One last thing, yes this is out of order. I'm ok with that.
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