Marcel Proust Book Summary

I read the biography on Marcel Proust written by George D. Painter. It is one of those books that you make a few attempts at. It was my second attempt and the biography flowed and became more understandable with a dawning sun of Marcels brilliance shining through as he is at last half way through the book started to say something of importance. The author mentions the genius of Marcel Proust but I could see it in the initial chapters. The remembrance brought back from smells as the Narrator in “A la Researcher Temps Perdu”(In Search of Time Lost) is eating a madeleine cake appeared insignificant to me but they way Marcel records the episode in the book begins to show his brilliance.

This what brings us to his discovery of an unconscious memory of smells and touches. He thought if only he could write a book using unconscious memory! A reading of Proust would

So what you find is that Proust is an interesting read. His involvement in the Dreyfus affair (who was incarcerated on Devil island) and onto Ruskin, and onto Einstein and to Clemenceau and it just a bubbling emergence of stories which makes it so fascinating.

Reading improves the memory by keeping it sharp. It is beneficial for the volume of reading is positively related to the amount of comprehension and understanding. The value of reading is not in the book itself but in the memories unconsciously preserved in it. Another amenity of reading is that we retain the mental power, which is peculiar to solitude and is dissipated by conversation. Hence Gia has so much to talk about like giants causeway in Ireland. As we become older memory starts to lapse and by reading we are exercising our brain like a muscle to keep it in shape.

I find reading reduces my stress levels. When I am worrying about money or other issues “are we going to come out this month on my budget” I delve into a book and find it releases my