NP-Proust

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

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> http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/09/uab_professor_gearing_up_for_a.html

 >> Proust, Carter said, isn't dated; in fact, he was writing at another 
time when technology and upheaval was reshaping the Belle Epoque society 
of France.

"I think part of the answer is that he is very modern in that he is 
fascinated by change," Carter said.<<

Quite true. The arrival of new technology - like bicycles, telephones, 
cars, or airplanes - is pictured in a way that makes one understand how 
it must have felt for the people at the time.

Proust himself liked to use the théâtrophone, a special form of the 
telephone that enabled the subscriber to listen to theater and opera 
performances without having to go there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2trophone



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