In the second episode of Proust Curious, hosts Emma Claussen and Hannah Weaver slog through the narrator's first love on the Champs-Élysées and emerge onto the dazzling shore of Normandy, where he travels with his grandmother. We notice that Proust begins to introduce concepts critical to the project: the ongoing tussle between habit and novelty, the social kaleidoscope, the subject matter of art, and the essential perspectivalism of all human relations. We dissect a passage about toenails, classical statuary, and living nymphs. Plus, we'll answer the question: "What is your favorite virtue?" Join us as we search for lost time and remember things Proust. Produced by Michael Goldsmith in partnership with Public Books; visit publicbooks.org [https://www.publicbooks.org/category/podcast/proust-curious/] for transcripts and more information. Resources: * Proust Questionnaire [https://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/kolbproust/proust/qst/] * In Search of Lost Time [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/226026/the-modern-library-in-search-of-lost-time-complete-and-unabridged-6-book-bundle-by-marcel-proust-translated-by-c-k-scott-moncrieff-terence-kilmartin-and-andreas-mayor-revised-by-d-j-enright/](trans. Moncrieff, Kilmartin, and Mayor; rev. Enright) * Emma and Hannah discuss this volume further [https://youtu.be/GQd-4i7DJUw?si=HBLhJn6tmL3uygUg] * Logo image [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autographe_Proust_Intermittences.JPG] * Madame de Sévigné (seventeenth-century French author) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de_Rabutin-Chantal,_marquise_de_S%C3%A9vign%C3%A9] * Céline Sciamma (dir.) Bande de filles ('Girlhood') [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bande_de_filles] * Rubens, Marie de' Medici Cycle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de%27_Medici_cycle]