Hard covers and lack thereof

[Dave Monroe]

Monty Python paid hommage to Proust's novel in a
sketch first broadcast on November 16th, 1972, called 
The All-England Summarize Proust Competition. The
winner was the contestant who could best summarize A
la recherche du temps perdu in fifteen seconds, "once
in a swimsuit and once in evening dress."

Other more "academic" attempts have been made to
summarize the novel in as few words as possible. Here
are the winners (thus far):

* Gérard Genette in Figures III: "Marcel devient
écrivain" ["Marcel becomes a writer"] (3 words).

* Vincent Descombes in Proust: philosophie du roman:
"Marcel devient un grand écrivain" ["Marcel becomes a
great writer"] (5 words).

* Gérard Genette, again, in Palimpsestes: "Marcel
finit par devenir écrivain" ["Marcel ends up becoming
a writer"] (5 words).

Visitors to this site have submitted the following
summaries of their own ...

http://www.tempsperdu.com/summ.html

http://www.tempsperdu.com/

--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Am quite fond of Scotch.

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