Episode Synopsis "#10 - M. Swann, and young Marcel missing the Good Night kiss of his Mother."

We are now into the more elaborate parts of Proust's descriptions of early life and people and events in minute detail. Main topics are social class in the aristocratic France of the late 18 hundreds, his family members and their views on people and vanity, and the young boy's very strong attachment to his mother and the fear of missing the good night kiss when his parents have visitors. Thanks for listening!

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• #16 - The Madelaine Cookie, and nature of Memory.
• #15 - The mother reads for Marcel, and we drift back into the present.
• #14 - Marcel's mother comes, and his father too.
• #13 - Marcel is waiting, and Mr. Swann leaves. His father goes up to bed.
• #12 - Little Marcel is sending a note, to his mother.
• #11 - Swann's thoughts on books, and Marcel goes to bed without the Kiss.
• #10 - M. Swann, and young Marcel missing the Good Night kiss of his Mother.
• #9 - Life as a series of little galleries of memories, and images.
• #8 - M. Swann, and his father's loss of his Wife.
• #7 - Childhood memories, and the longing for a good-night kiss.
• #6 - The Magic Lantern with images projected in light on the walls of Marcel's Childhood Room
• #5 - Childhood memories of rooms and places, as the memory blends with dreaming.
• #4 - Re-finding the world when waking up.
• #3 - Dreams and journeys, and the elusive mind.
• #2 - Proust is about to fall asleep, and the memories and beauty appears to him.
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