A - excellent use of technology here; very web 2.0 (actually, I'm not sure it is, but I've never really understood the difference between normal and 2.0)
As a regulator, I feel it should be my role here to begin a discussion on ground rules. Here are some thoughts, including those already discussed:
1. We must agree editions. I'll acquire mine and we can all synchronise
2. Start date: I propose September
3. Some form of standard reporting should adorn each post; I would have thought
- current page
- pages read since last post
- other books read since last post
- summary to date (in a sentence or even a word)
then the detailed post can follow.
I think that would allow maximum freedom, but a sound base. It does leave open the question: can others join? I would have thought they can, provided they have not started Proust already.
Thoughts?
Sometime, late of an evening in March 2007, a regrettable decision was taken. As a consequence of this decision three friends, Dr Andrew Murray, Mr William Garrood (Member of Surrey CCC) and Dr Alexis Haynes would competitively read Marcel Proust's masterpiece A La Recherche du Temps Perdu. The aforementioned Proustanauts were later joined in their endeavour by Mr Elliot Smith, who, aided in part by a bout of pneumonia, promptly overtook them all. The saga continues...
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Agreed with most of the above. Alexis and I already have the Moncrieff and Kilmartin translation of Swann's, published by Vintage Classics - so I suggest you do likewise. It's currently in a white cover with a pink picture of Proust on the cover, along with the proclamation that it is "the best reading version yet"... here's hoping!
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