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peachey
09-12-2003, 21:51
has anybody read Proust's "In search of lost time"

I was wondering if it was worth attempting
as is a six volume set

and over a million words

has anybody gone the distance?
bopdude
09-12-2003, 22:02
has anybody read Proust's "In search of lost time"

I was wondering if it was worth attempting
as is a six volume set

and over a million words

has anybody gone the distance?
A million ???? I only counted 999,999, damn have to do it again :p
Seriously........... sorry ;) i cant get past 20 posts on here ...
Maggy
09-12-2003, 22:08
I haven't managed to finish War and Peace so gimme a break please.

I'll get to it when I can. ;)

Should be another 20 years ;)


Incog. :wavey:
peachey
09-12-2003, 22:10
I haven't managed to finish War and Peace so gimme a break please.

I'll get to it when I can. ;)

Should be another 20 years ;)


Incog. :wavey:


war & peace has over 1000 characters in it

they all have russian names that are difficult to get your head round

Tolstoy apperently 'turned into a right git'
with his family and stuff later in life
Maggy
09-12-2003, 22:19
war & peace has over 1000 characters in it

they all have russian names that are difficult to get your head round

Tolstoy apperently 'turned into a right git'
with his family and stuff later in life

Well I don't know about the latter but he did write the most inpenetrable book of all time(apart from the 3D software manual I'm currently trying to fathom)which possibly may turn a chap cranky.He must have got fed up trying to explain who everyone was. :)

Incog. :spin:
peachey
09-12-2003, 22:21
Well I don't know about the latter but he did write the most inpenetrable book of all time(apart from the 3D software manual I'm currently trying to fathom)which possibly may turn a chap cranky.He must have got fed up trying to explain who everyone was. :)

Incog. :spin:


he must have used some kind of 'chart' on his wall

I don't think I have even met 1000 people in my entire life

let alone concocting characters for them and stuff

poor chap had probably tipped his mind gagga
Maggy
09-12-2003, 23:32
he must have used some kind of 'chart' on his wall

I don't think I have even met 1000 people in my entire life

let alone concocting characters for them and stuff

poor chap had probably tipped his mind gagga

I have.I just don't remember them all.Some you just want to forget. ;)

Incog. :)
MetaWraith
09-12-2003, 23:49
Dont pass up the chance to read Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment"
peachey
10-12-2003, 00:13
Dont pass up the chance to read Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment"


I did read that and found it a bit of a yawn
Paul
10-12-2003, 00:33
I like to read the Beano Annual each year. :D
homealone
10-12-2003, 00:35
I did read that and found it a bit of a yawn

- gormenghast - make sure you look for fewmets:)
Ramrod
10-12-2003, 22:46
Robert E Howard anyone? :D
Theodoric
10-12-2003, 23:27
Robert E Howard anyone? :D
Yes, but do any of the Conan stories get up to 100 pages, never mind 6 volumes?
MetaWraith
10-12-2003, 23:51
- gormenghast - make sure you look for fewmets:)

Deer droppings ?
Try spraints too :)