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by Tuberous Chairs
Thu 16. Apr 2020, 16:30
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Section 26 uploaded. I'm pretty sure Proust never used the word 'floccinaucinihilipilification'. I love the Kindle feature that you can touch a word and the definition will come up. I just checked what an 'alienist' is (psychiatrist). Translators tend to be frustratingly long lived so I more often f...
by Tuberous Chairs
Sun 29. Mar 2020, 19:06
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Corrected Section 24 uploaded and new Section 25. When I was studying Latin at the University of Kent at Canterbury in the late '80s I did an essay on the different treatments of Odysseus/Ulysses through literature. I wish I still had a copy. In Homer's 'Odyssey' Polyphemus the Cyclops has been blin...
by Tuberous Chairs
Sun 22. Mar 2020, 18:56
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Section 24 uploaded.

On the subject of exotic words, I once used the word floccinaucinihilipilification in context in a university essay!
by Tuberous Chairs
Thu 19. Mar 2020, 18:40
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Corrected Sections 22 and 23 re-uploaded. I'm building up quite a set of words I've always mispronounced! I do have a 705 page biography of Breton called Revolution in the Mind. However it's hardback, so too heavy to lug around easily. If I do get round to reading it I'll probably buy it on Kindle. ...
by Tuberous Chairs
Mon 9. Mar 2020, 14:36
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Sections 22 and 23 uploaded, which brings Part 1 to a close. Section 23 seems like a self-contained chapter about the grandmother's illness. It seems a strange friendship - Breton found male homosexuality so disgusting he refused to discuss it and he booted famous names (Dali, Ernst) out of the Surr...
by Tuberous Chairs
Mon 10. Feb 2020, 16:55
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Corrected Section 20 and new Section 21 uploaded. Just read that Andre Breton, the future leader of the Surrealists, proof read the first volume of The Guermantes Way. Despite hating gay men and being a Marxist, he liked it and Proust got on with him, nominating him for an award. (Proust and Joyce d...
by Tuberous Chairs
Sat 25. Jan 2020, 19:36
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Corrected Section 19 uploaded and Section 20 added.

Currently reading William Carter's 900 page biography of Proust.
by Tuberous Chairs
Tue 14. Jan 2020, 21:05
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Section 19 uploaded.

Good news - Martin Geeson is back on social media.
by Tuberous Chairs
Wed 20. Nov 2019, 00:47
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Sections 17 and 18 uploaded with corrections. I must revise the pronunciations of vestige and requisite! The paragraph in which M de Guermantes asks for a sponge cake should be there - I checked the French as well as the translation. Project Gutenberg has quite a few transcription errors and this is...
by Tuberous Chairs
Mon 21. Oct 2019, 23:27
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Sections 15, 16, 17 and 18 uploaded. I'm torn between wanting my recordings flawless and accepting that I'm an amateur. I may come back to those problem sections later but I'm pressing on for the time being. I listened to the first episode of the Jacobi Proust. It was very good but I have so many po...
by Tuberous Chairs
Sat 31. Aug 2019, 00:07
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Sections 5, 6, 10 and 11 corrected and reuploaded. I don't know when I switched from a Logitech to a Marantz microphone but I've tried both for the pronunciation problems and neither sound like the rest of the recording so I think I'll just have to accept patina and sidereal being wrong. Even Stephe...
by Tuberous Chairs
Mon 29. Jul 2019, 11:54
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Section 3 reuploaded with corrected line at 0.57-1.09. Saki was part of a collaborative work and I completed all my sections for it. I still have the short story Gabriel-Ernest on my bucket list to record, once Proust is done or I need a break. One day I will do it! Ostensibly it's about a teen were...
by Tuberous Chairs
Sat 27. Jul 2019, 11:43
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

All files resubmitted with a second of silence at the beginning. Section tags for Sections 2-9 changed to 02-09 for consistency. I love Proust's rhythms too and, fortunately, I think Proust's pace suits my own. I love Saki's short stories and thought my voice would work well and that I would love re...
by Tuberous Chairs
Tue 16. Jul 2019, 22:04
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

I'm not sure if I amplified Section 14 so I may need to re-upload that one. But there's no hurry. This project is going to take a while.
by Tuberous Chairs
Mon 15. Jul 2019, 18:37
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Thank you again for agreeing to DPL. Section 14 now uploaded.
by Tuberous Chairs
Sun 30. Jun 2019, 17:22
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Section 12 uploaded. Any news on a proof reader?
by Tuberous Chairs
Sun 19. May 2019, 00:28
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Section 11 uploaded. 41.25. There is some birdsong in the background in places that I'm hoping isn't too distracting. When I get a proof listener I guess they can advise.
by Tuberous Chairs
Wed 21. Nov 2018, 18:05
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

Apart from the lack of a Proof Listener (and putting in the hours to get to the end of this project!) the problems seem solved. Section 4 now seems accessible and the original password gets me into the Magic Window. Thank for the help.

Sections 9 and 10 uploaded.
by Tuberous Chairs
Fri 16. Nov 2018, 22:19
Forum: Readers Found
Topic: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik
Replies: 113
Views: 177999

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust - vik

I can't seem to login to edit the Magic Window. I put in the password I've saved and nothing seems to happen. i try it again a few more times and get a No Access message. Do I need to reset the password?