Marcel Proust

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Referenced when discussing how the Dreyfus affair is portrayed in Proust's work. One host says 'It's very good in Proust' and describes it as 'a portrait of French society in this period' that is 'incomparable.' This refers to Proust's famous novel sequence 'In Search of Lost Time' though the title is not explicitly stated.

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Referenced in a tweet comparing giving up on O'Brian to giving up on Proust after three pages because it's just about cake