false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175790890m/557658.jpg 557658 23 One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," while the celebrated surgeon William Osler declared it the greatest of medical treatises. And Dr. Johnson, Boswell reports, said it was the only book that he rose early in the morning to read with pleasure. In this surprisingly compact and elegant new edition, Burton's spectacular verbal labyrinth is sure to delight, instruct, and divert today's readers as much as it has those of the past four centuries. 4439201 book 1621 The Anatomy of Melancholy (New York Review Books Classics) total:145|5:89|4:34|3:17|2:4|1:1| 145 641 482 32 0 2 false false Thu Apr 05 09:35:04 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 22 16:47:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 08:15:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 10:45:53 -0700 2009
It is a huuuge book! The radio commissioner would only allow 1 hour for the adaptation.
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"But I am determined to finish this; it will take me months." - Me

Ugh, never mind, past self. Even if I did read this, it would be in such increments that I would never get a whole picture of it. The in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Aug 08 12:07:20 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 12:12:34 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Thu Jul 26 23:03:14 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 23:05:40 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Mar 18 15:18:12 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 18 15:18:35 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 11:10:56 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 19:05:37 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=557658