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Kristen
This edition of the masterwork, with translation, notes and introduction by Lydia Davis, produces a literary package with a valuation higher than the sum of its parts. By that I mean that once consuming the whole of this particular edition, I can’t in good faith assign a rating of less than five stars even if at various intervals my reactions were somewhat flat or even petulant.

I am left preoccupied by a fantasy of dining with Flaubert, Proust, and Nabokov to share in a little tête-à-tête about
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Lyn
Jun 16, 2017 rated it really liked it
Amy
Jul 23, 2009 marked it as to-read
Allison boozy bookworm
Amanda
Nov 24, 2009 rated it liked it
Dawn
Feb 27, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Lisa
Aug 08, 2010 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Andre Mitchell
Aug 23, 2011 marked it as own-but-not-read
Shelves: own
Tammy
Nov 15, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Laura
Feb 13, 2013 marked it as to-read
Navi
Jun 16, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: romance, classics
Kasia
Jul 19, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Laurie Armstrong
Oct 11, 2013 marked it as to-read
Teddie
May 12, 2014 rated it liked it
Jim Townsend
Oct 23, 2021 rated it really liked it
Angelena
Jul 24, 2015 marked it as to-read
Shelves: classics-tbr
Anna
Jul 16, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Paula S
Oct 07, 2016 marked it as to-read
Navi
Aug 15, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: kindle, classics
Shari
Oct 29, 2018 marked it as to-read
Jim Townsend
Jan 05, 2019 marked it as never-finished  ·  review of another edition
Susan
Dec 01, 2019 rated it really liked it
Dawn
Dec 05, 2019 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 1001, 1001-original
Katie
Feb 09, 2020 marked it as dnf-ed  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
Karigan
Apr 22, 2020 marked it as to-read
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