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The Daily Proust (2565 words) |
 | Here's our friend Henry Adams: "a semicircular space at the end of an axis of a church, intended to house an altar, and along the walls of which chapels may be arranged." Here are three pictures of the one at Chartres, to give you an idea: 1, 2, 3. |
| The apse of the church of Combray is ugly. |
| Combray is the kind of small town where each new day is pretty much like the last, and the smallest departure from routine is cause for mild alarm. |
| SwannÂ’s Way - Memory and Desire - by Dan Geddes (1845 words) |
| The town of Combray is dominated by its church and its steeple, which is visible from every vantage in the town, showing the dominance of a religious sensibility in their lives. |
| The “Combray” section is much concerned with the revelation of secrets to Marcel the boy. |
| Odette is useful to the group (despite not being too bright) because she laughs in all the right places, and attracts interesting young men (of whom Swann is neither the first nor the last). |
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