Quote Originally Posted by MHV View Post
As much as I have patience for Joyce (even Finnegans Wake), I can't say I have managed the same assiduity with Proust! But one thing I know is that Proust really liked Guerlain's Jicky.

AFAIK, from a cursory search here: PROUST - A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU - TEXTE INTEGRAL | CLASSIQUES & MODERNES - LITTERATURE - CINEMA - MUSIQUE - POLITIQUE - VIDEOS - PEOPLE - EBOOK TEXTES INTEGRAUX OEUVRES COMPLETES

there isn't much about shaving in Proust.

There is quite a bit about shaving in Ulysses. It starts off with Buck Mulligan shaving and it certainly fits in with the "physical" actions that Bloom enjoys talking about. Proust would have liked the fragrances (plenty of stimulus for going off about memories of the past) but the actual act is not really for him.

I am just about to reread Rememrance of things Past on my Kindle. The kind of book ideally suited to a Kindle.

Claude