Is Marcel Proust the twentieth century's answer to Henry James?

Sorry – have only read some of James a while ago and none of Proust although he’s on my bucket list. You’ll have to wait for my response but I’m also thinking they sounds a bit like George Eliot too who does a lot of internal description.

I’ve only read Eliot’s Middlemarch, which I fell in love with, and I do see the similarity. Thank you. That gives me more to think about.

I’ve read that and Daniel Deronda which was interesting but very slow because of the pages of description of thought and motivation.

I think I have Mill on the Floss lurking in the depths of my overburdened Kindle. I may dredge it up next. I’m hoping to finish Proust this weekend. I’m also thinking of reading some James next. There are too many choices!

I’m rereading the second Barchester novel now – Dr Thorne. Not quite as good as Towers but delightful none the less.

For a long time I’d take a Dickens on a long trip because it would last the whole trip but I’ve read almost all of his.

I wouldn’t have thought to compare James to Eliot. I’ve read five novels of George Eliot, most recently Adam Bede, and loved them. I found James generally unreadable, although I did get through Daisy Miller. Maybe if I’d gone farther with one of the longer novels, I’d see a comparison. Proust is on my not-yet list; I’m currently reading Chaucer and Bulgakov.

I thought the comparison was between Proust and Eliot.