define worth it

>>7614900
I've read it twice, so yes.

>>7614907
Time input to reading all volumes vs enjoyment maybe even existential perspective.

>>7614900
I'm reading #4 now.
English is not my native language, but I'm reading it in English (I don't know French).
It's been a wild ride. Parts I haven't understood because of language, because of the text itself or because it gets thick and boring.
But all in all I recommend it.
Also, I didn't have an 'end' to reading it, therefore I just absorbed more things and have liked it even more.

Do you speak French? If yes, read Proust.


Do you speak German? Read Goethe.

Do you speak English? Read Shakespeare.

>>7614978
Hmm, those others fit better with Racine I think. Proust's comparisons would probably be Musil and Joyce, respectively.

And yes, I know you're saying each is the greatest writer their language has yet produced---or ever will---but still feels odd to put Proust next to two dramatists/'poets.'

>>7614921
enjoyment is a personal matter. read it and find out.

>>7614900
How much is this set and where can I buy it? (Folio Society?)