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Sarasota News Leader March 15, 2013 agrees with Van Tuyl about the overall readability of In Search of Lost Time. However, she offers different advice to readers preparing to tackle the initial volume. "I say that it would be good to skip the first 40 pages," she said in an interview with the News Leader after the March 5 lecture, referring to the Overture section; she believes it can discourage some readers. She pointed out that the following section, Combray, would likely serve as a better introduction for most readers. "It's easier because it's the story of a child who is in a French village and people can relate to that," she said. While Van Tuyl agrees that the Overture section of Swann's Way can be considered somewhat dense, she views it as an opportunity for the reader to begin pondering the novel's themes. In fact, she said, she even uses the beginning pages to introduce her Proust seminar students to the text on the first day of class. At that point, many of them have not had the opportunity to obtain a copy of the book. Page 75 picking up a copy of Swann's Way. Although the festivities in Sarasota are about halfway complete, a few upcoming events have been designed to intrigue new readers and enthrall longtime devotees. On Friday, March 15, from 6 to 9 p.m., Stakenborg Fine Art, located at 1545 Main St., Sarasota, will host an exhibition of works by artists mentioned in Swann's Way. On Tuesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. at New College's Mildred Sainer Pavilion, David R. Ellison, Ph.D., distinguished professor in the humanities at the University of Miami, will lecture on the theme, Proust's Reception in the Anglo American World. On Monday, March 25, from 3 to 4 p.m. at Selby Public Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota, Dezon-Jones; Inge Wimmers, Ph.D., professor of French Studies at Brown University; and Sylvia Eckes will present a program titled, Madeleines, Macarons and Music about the musical pieces Proust alluded to in Swann's Way. The final event, on Tuesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. at New College's Sainer Pavilion, will feature a lecture by Wimmers, titled, Proust, the Arts and Neuroscience. Afterward, Dezon-Jones will offer closing remarks titled, In spite of her appreciation of the Overture, Reading Proust Tomorrow. Van Tuyl says those who feel put off by it can Even after Proust Project Sarasota concludes, "go ahead to the happy childhood section." a number of similar celebrations will take Still, she hinted, "It gets much more twisted place throughout the world leading up to the later." official 100th anniversary of Swann's Way on "We can spend an hour and a half ... talking about this one paragraph where he talks about disorientation when you're awoken in the midst of a deep sleep," she added. Nov. 13. In addition, November will see the publication by Yale University Press of a new Regardless of where one begins, Dezon-Jones edition of the acclaimed Charles Kenneth and Van Tuyl concur that now is the best time Scott Moncrieff translation of that volume, to begin reading In Search of Lost Time by revised and annotated by Carter himself. % PROJECT CONTINUES