Episode 5: The Verdurin Salon
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Our journey along the Proustian Paths has finally brought us to the Verdurin salon in Paris. In this episode we meet the 'little clan' for the first time. We learn about the love affair between Charles Swann and Odette and hear the Vinteuil sonata for the first time.   Join your host James Holden for the next leg in this gentle walk through the text of Marcel Proust's literary masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time.
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