Published 6y ago - Daniel Goodwin
A cavalry officer who isn’t dead by 30 is a coward. – Napoleonic cavalry general Antoine-Charles-Louis, Comte de Lasalle (1775-1809) I. Ney Marshal Ney swears (like a loyal trooper, pardon my French) to serve the British. Napoleon, tending to fat now, is ... More »
Published 25y ago - Dan Geddes
Swann’s Way Remembrance of Things Past (volume 1) Marcel Proust Review By Dan Geddes 10 December 1999 Proust’s fundamental triumph in Swann’s Way is in reconstructing his own past in such detail. He recreates the rhythm and events of his childhood so viv... More »