That's why I am reading Proust so very slowly. My strategy of staying in touch by listening to what I have read so far is helping a lot. Yesterday I reached as far as I have read during my bed-time listening, now I have no choice but to read further as the audio version is 'abridged' although it covers 39 CDs spanning well over 50 hours of audio! I read by all means possible. I used to read a lot but now I read to retain and remember, not just to finish big books. I read more complex books and take longer to finish my books. Best time to read is during traveling. I like driving and enjoy audio books while driving. There are so many different ways of staying in touch with literature.
Years ago my teacher of Romantic Poetry told me that as we grow older, reading fiction, specially classics, becomes more and more difficult. I think he was right but what's the point of admiring someone for being right when you can not prove them wrong???
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