The second greatest novel? : autograph manuscript : [n.p., n.d.].

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The second greatest novel? : autograph manuscript : [n.p., n.d.].

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A radio talk given on 31 March 1943 in the "Some Books" series on the Far Eastern Service, setting out his reasons for ranking Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu the second greatest novel in Western history, after Tolstoy's War and Peace, and offering advice to those who will attempt to read the work after hearing the talk: "Be patient with him. He does not go with a swing, and very gradually draws you into his mesh. And be intelligent. It is so easy to read books stupidly, not with our full powers, and Proust makes no concessions to stupidity. Some writers--and they are great writers--do make concessions. Dickens does, for instance, and even Tolstoy does. Proust doesn't. He expects a constant awareness, both from the mind and from the senses."

1 item (9 p.) ; 25.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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