396 pages
English language
Published Jan. 4, 1972 by Chatto and Windus.
396 pages
English language
Published Jan. 4, 1972 by Chatto and Windus.
Monty Python paid hommage to Proust's novel in a sketch first broadcast on November 16th, 1972, called The All-England Summarize Proust Competition. The winner was the contestant who could best summarize A la recherche du temps perdu in fifteen seconds, "once in a swimsuit and once in evening dress."