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- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Radio/TV Program
- Release date: 07-06-09
- Language: English
- Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited
Regular price: $19.19
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Publisher's Summary
Featuring a fictional version of himself - 'Marcel' - and a host of friends, acquaintances, and lovers, In Search of Lost Time is Proust's search for the key to the mysteries of memory, time, and consciousness. As he recalls his childhood days, the sad affair of Charles Swann and Odette de Crecy, his transition to manhood, the tortures of love and the ravages of war, he realises that the simplest of discoveries can lead to astonishing possibilities.
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If you could sum up In Search of Lost Time (Dramatized) in three words, what would they be?
Entertaining, well-performed & enjoyable.
What other book might you compare In Search of Lost Time (Dramatized) to and why?
There is nothing like In search of lost time!
What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
Very well read and he helped to set the scene perfectly.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
no extreme reaction
Any additional comments?
It was a delightful way of getting an overview of the very log story despite the fact that I have listened to a 33 CD version also.
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- Pin
- Taipei city, Taiwan
- 12-11-10
Absolutely First Class Drama!
Any adaption of literature is not really easy. This drama has reached an excellent height to make this complex novel understandable and compelling. Very sensitive, profound voice of narrator and all outstanding actors. Thanks for BBC and fiction factory produced such beautiful work!
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- Zaubermond
- 11-07-16
Top class drama
Michael Butt's adaptation and writing is brilliant, the acting outstanding, the music atmospheric. In fine, there's everything one could wish for in a BBC drama.
Each of the six episodes is just under an hour: Swann's Way, The Budding Grove, The Guermantes Way, Sodom and Gomorrah, The Prisoner and the Fugitive, and Time Regained.
When I was a young girl, I was surrounded by francophones who all but worshipped Proust. The paeans of adoration were unending! Sadly, even into university days, I just didn't get it: I gave up on Swann's Way before it ended.
It took decades for me to approach Proust once more, read him carefully, and only then did I begin to understand and appreciate what he has to offer. While he still isn't a favorite, I do revisit him from time to time.
I highly recommend this selection. For me, it was a lovely way to spend an afternoon, madeleines included, and provided an escape from the relentless election madness.
(Note: There are some "adult situations," however, so keep this in mind should you have young children present).
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
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- Christiane
- 08-03-16
Stunning
I now cannot wait to buy each of the books separately and hear all 3000 words.
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- Gareth G.
- 05-16-16
Amazing - Proust makes his life story so alive
Amazing - Proust makes his life story so alive
a must read for everybody who asks themselves what goes on in other peoples' minds
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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- javier sierra
- 05-14-18
This audiobook became my permanent companion
Proust made me retrieve moments of my past. Perhaps forgotten or unobserved before. He helped me find key answers of myself.
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- Serge Mosovich
- 07-04-15
How much I enjoy listening to this adatation
loved it!! do you have such equally excellent radio !adaptations? is there a BBC audio catalogue?
serge@sergemosovichmd. com
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- Deidrich Knickerbocker
- CLARK FORK, ID, United States
- 08-16-18
worth it
This performance is fantastic. perfect for listening to on lengthy bus rides in Guatemala!
It is safe to say that I would not have gotten around to reading In Search of Lost Time, and without this BBC performance I would've missed this experience all together. Somehow Proust's often-insufferable narrator dispenses minute parcels of wisdom betwixt vivid memories and those little wisdom nuggets are, at times, astonishing.
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- Lydia G. Scarlett
- 07-08-18
More, please!
The acting, music and story were so beautiful. I wish it didn't have to end.
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- aaron
- 06-10-16
Yes, this is how it is.
A beautiful portrait of time, with some colorful characters and quite a bit of less-than-admirable behavior. Made me want to read the actual books, certainly.
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- pss
- 07-17-11
BBC does Proust proud
An enchanting journey into Proust's greatest work, with the BBC's typical attention to sound quality. A difficult work is made approachable and mesmerising. Recommended to be listened to in the highest quality possible. It's a little like falling into someone else's mind.
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- darren
- 07-30-15
Wonderful
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I have wanted to read Proust for a while now, but was always a little daunted so opted for this wonderful BBC production and loved it. I now feel ready to start all the seven original/unabridged novels. Highly recommended.
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- Kasey
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Brilliant performance moved me to tears at times
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- Sasha
- 12-23-12
So glad I read it!
I'm so glad I read it! Reading a book is always better than the watching the film, and listening to a book is so much easier... Even though it lasts almost 6 hours I thought it was worth every minute of my time and I can't wait to get the rest of the series.
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- Maxine
- 04-26-12
Beautifully read.
I could not wait until I found time to listen each day. What a wonderful story made so much more vivid by the dramatisation.
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- Laura
- 10-28-18
An absolute must read/listen to
What a wonderful thought-provoking story of life and how we form our ingrained associations during childhood, of which will later drive all of our future relationships. I think I’d need to read/listen to this story another 5 times before fully grasping it’s depth.
Wonderfully read aloud by the narrator.
Only small critique would be the ‘background’ noises/chatter was sometimes a little annoying. Understand the purpose is to create the atmosphere of which it did.
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- john mcgrath
- 08-21-18
Just a pity it's dramatised.
Some really powerful thoughts about self space and time...but would rather have a straight reading of the book
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- P REID
- 08-20-18
Amaaaazing. Makes perfect sense how it's in so...
Many top 10 greatest books collections. Drama tusation breathes more life into story. Thanks marcell
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Miss C.
- 05-05-16
Interesting but not life changing
I have been meaning to read this for ages, I was recommended this version and I am really glad to have listened, I found it hard to like any characters enough to care about their love lives, hugely self indulgent, but still strangely addictive
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Andrew Hammond
- 12-09-16
Did I miss something?
What would have made In Search of Lost Time (Dramatised) better?
More likeable/relatable characters and a vaguely interesting story would be a start
Would you ever listen to anything by Marcel Proust again?
Most likely not
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
The dramatisation is fine.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from In Search of Lost Time (Dramatised)?
The parts after the introduction and before the Epilogue
Any additional comments?
I decided to use one of my credits on this book after reading numerous effusive reviews not just on this site, but from around the web; I have even seen this book described as the 'best book ever written'.
After listening to a good portion of the book I just don't understand what all the fuss is about...in my view it is may be the most over rated book I have ever read
1 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Jo
- 05-14-15
In Search of Brilliance? Look no further!
This audible book is brilliant! The story is amazing and the execution of its telling equally so! I will definitely listen to this again
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Malcolm
- 11-04-17
Ok
I fear I may have missed a theme somewhere here in this book as it didn't quite hook me as I had anticipated