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Though this beast took me awhile to get through, it was an enjoyable while. I expected something vastly different, some kind of longer and more epic Crime and Punishment. I'm very happy that's not what I got. I think the reason it was so slow going with the reading despite my enjoyment is that the chapters are usually only about four pages and so after a few chapters it always feels like time for a break. I really enjoyed the constant switching between languages. I'd always heard that the aristo
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I'm not even going to attempt to write a real review. Mostly I'm very happy to be DONE. But it was definitely very worth reading; there is some beautiful stuff in here. And then there's the history stuff, which by the end I was pretty tired of. But overall, worth the work and the time.
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