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I haven't listened to a Traviata in good, or even acceptable, sound quality in a very long time because this is the only recording of it I ever play. Nothing comes close. Callas, di Stefano, Bastianini; Giulini, La Scala 1955.

Maria Callas "Amami, Alfredo!" 1955YouTube video by Marx 7811www.youtube.com

Re-upping.

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManAs they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...www.lrb.co.uk

Even _Saved_by_the_Bell, while hardly the first, did it. Occasionally, in the Search, the point of view changes so that the "I" is neither the young protagonist nor the mature narrator, but #Proust himself. Even _he_ broke the fourth wall.

A gentle reminder that, if after seeing the movie you want to read the book, the translation by @danielmendelsohn.bsky.social is the best there is. #Homer #Odyssey

‘For heaven’s sake, don’t let those dim-­witted doctors get you down! They’re idiots. You’re as solid as the Pont-­Neuf. You’ll bury the lot of us!’ (The Guermantes Way, tr. Peter Bush) #Proust #Proustsky

Seth Meyers impersonates Lindsey Graham and his 'Mee-Maw'YouTube video by LateNighterwww.youtube.com

Happy, happy birthday, Marcel #Proust! (Quote below from In the Shadow of Girls in Blossom, tr. @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social.)

A probing article from @bryanacharles.bsky.social. Long thread incoming. References are to the Oxford Proust. Sodom and Gomorrah just came out and Bryan writes about The Captive. (1/x)