Hard to believe I've finally finished this brilliant, though flawed, masterpiece! It's a maddening piece of work, funny, beautiful, engaging, mind-stretching, tedious, repetitious. I felt the need to take some quite long breaks in between volumes, so it took me a number of years to read, but I'm so glad I stuck with it.

Given Proust's rich references to art work, I highly recommend getting a copy of [b:Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to 'In Search of Lost Time'|3753149|Paintings in Proust A Visual Companion to 'In Search of Lost Time'|Eric Karpeles|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348882774l/3753149._SY75_.jpg|3797011][b:Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to 'In Search of Lost Time'|3753149|Paintings in Proust A Visual Companion to 'In Search of Lost Time'|Eric Karpeles|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348882774l/3753149._SY75_.jpg|3797011] as a companion value, which is a lovely thing to have in its own right.