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Aug 25, 2012
☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣
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Home, sweet home. Another read (and a multiple reread) from the young old me. A multifold lovely story with so much folded into just one book.
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The hero of the dangerous novel that had so influenced his life had himself had this curious fancy. In a chapter of the book he tells how, crowned with laurel, lest lightning might strike him, he had sat, as Tiberius, in a garden at Capri, reading the shameful books of Elephantis, while dwarfs and peacocks strutted round him and the fluteplayer mocked th ...more
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The hero of the dangerous novel that had so influenced his life had himself had this curious fancy. In a chapter of the book he tells how, crowned with laurel, lest lightning might strike him, he had sat, as Tiberius, in a garden at Capri, reading the shameful books of Elephantis, while dwarfs and peacocks strutted round him and the fluteplayer mocked th ...more
I read it a long time ago (in my teens) so I plan to do a reread this year. I can't wait.
***reread 2017***
I can't believe how much I've enjoyed reading this amazing classic. I loved everything about it. It was pure perfection from beginning to end. I can see myself rereading this again and again. ...more
***reread 2017***
I can't believe how much I've enjoyed reading this amazing classic. I loved everything about it. It was pure perfection from beginning to end. I can see myself rereading this again and again. ...more
I would give my soul to stay young.
Charming, witty and somewhat controversial. Like the autor himself.
Filled with wonderful quotes a d fu. To read over and over again.
Nov 30, 2011
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