Hungary
A History of Hungary, It´s People and Culture

Peacockery… Exclusive circles exist under the sign of swagger… However, wishing to magnify themselves in the eyes of the princely or ducal families which are their immediate superiors, these aristocrats also know that they can do this only if they enhance their name with something extraneous to it, s......more

[Original review of print edition] There's a lot of stuff in Volume 2 of A la recherche du temps perdu, and people see different things in it. To me, though, the unifying theme is a continuation of Proust's analysis of how romantic relationships work, which he started in Un Amour de Swann. There, he......more

Deuxième volume de la Recherche, À l’ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs est un roman qui, si l’on fait abstraction du long flash-back, « Un Amour de Swann », fonctionne comme en miroir du premier volume, Du côté de chez Swann. Le début des Jeunes filles en fleurs reprend, presque sans solution de cont......more

A Note about the Translation I wanted to support the translation of this volume by James Grieve, a lecturer at my alma mater, Australian National University, when I was there in the 70’s. I’m pretty sure he taught two of my close friends. While I can’t recall meeting him, I did socialise with one of h......more