Shawn’s Reviews > Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini > Status Update

This guy is so full of himself, turning down awards here, telling off sloots there, saying how Michaelangelo bowed down to him, was friends with the pope, it's almost too much

I find the artistry parts pretty dull but then I get something like this -

"...he had a punk of his there, and was going on with his stupid ribaldries to amuse her. When I met him, I asked if he was the rash fellow who was speaking evil of the Florentines. He answered at once, "I am that man." On this, I raised my hand, struck him in the face, and said; "And I am this man.""

gold

The initial pdf version I found of this had teeny tiny print which greatly hampered my progress but I found a new version. It's off to a very slow start, but I'm gonna stick with it for now