it was not to begin with Combray, the first volume of remembrance, but to start with the more linearly-plotted volume two, swann’s way.

i think i’ll have to adopt a similar strategy with dickens. i can never get through the amusing but episodic pickwick, and once again i’ve stalled out after a few chapters.

what’s next? oliver twist? i’ll circle back to pickwick once i’ve developed some momentum.

my, reading is complicated!