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EPISODE · Jun 10, 2026 · 32 MIN

Marcel Proust - Seeking Lost Time Audiobook

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Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time is one of the longest novels ever written. It's very beautiful - and in a way a little boring too. This is for all those among us who suffer from insomnia - to send you into the best kind of sleep. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/x_BXO Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/bm0TO FURTHER READING You can read more on Marcel Proust and other subjects here: https://bit.ly/3BfONDS “Marcel Proust was an early 20th-century French writer responsible for what is officially the longest novel in the world: À la recherche du temps perdu – which has 1,267,069 words in it; double those in War and Peace. The book was published in French in seven volumes over 14 years: Du côté de chez Swann, 1913 À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, 1919 Le Côté de Guermantes, 1920 Sodome et Gomorrhe, 1922 La Prisonnière, 1923 Albertine disparue, 1925 Le Temps retrouvé, 1927 It was immediately recognised to be a masterpiece, ranked by many as the greatest novel of the century, or simply of all time.” MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on LITERATURE in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLliterature SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ X: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-business/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Diego Lodeiros https://thebrightagency.com/uk/animation/artists/diego-lodeiros Title animation produced in collaboration with Vale Productions https://www.valeproductions.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time is one of the longest novels ever written. It's very beautiful - and in a way a little boring too. This is for all those among us who suffer from insomnia - to send you into the best kind of sleep. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/x_BXO Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/bm0TO FURTHER READING You can read more on Marcel Proust and other subjects here: https://bit.ly/3BfONDS “Marcel Proust was an early 20th-century French writer responsible for what is officially the longest novel in the world: À la recherche du temps perdu – which has 1,267,069 words in it; double those in War and Peace. The book was published in French in seven volumes over 14 years: Du côté de chez Swann, 1913 À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, 1919 Le Côté de Guermantes, 1920 Sodome et Gomorrhe, 1922 La Prisonnière, 1923 Albertine disparue, 1925 Le Temps retrouvé, 1927 It was immediately recognised to be a masterpiece, ranked by many as the greatest novel of the century, or simply of all time.” MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on LITERATURE in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLliterature SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ X: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-business/ CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Diego Lodeiros https://thebrightagency.com/uk/animation/artists/diego-lodeiros Title animation produced in collaboration with Vale Productions https://www.valeproductions.co.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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