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6. A book where you were dubious about the premise but loved the work
I was required to read Swann’sWay by Marcel Proust when I studied the history of literature at University. For some reasons, which I can’t recall now, I was completely sure I would hate it. I adored it, from the first page to the last. I would love to read it in French, but I’m not that skilled in the language to pull it off. Funnily enough, I haven’t read the rest of the books of In Search of Lost Time
. I don’t know why, really, though partly because I’m a little afraid I won’t like them as much as the first book.
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I was required to read Swann’sWay by Marcel Proust when I studied the history of literature at University. For some reasons, which I can’t recall now, I was completely sure I would hate it. I adored it, from the first page to the last. I would love to read it in French, but I’m not that skilled in the language to pull it off. Funnily enough, I haven’t read the rest of the books of In Search of Lost Time
. I don’t know why, really, though partly because I’m a little afraid I won’t like them as much as the first book.
All the questions:
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