An incredibly slow book. Not worth reading. Interesting idea, interesting characters, fascinating that it was written 400 years ago. Some amusing anecdotes, but an incredible amount of unnecessary dialogue and filler. A modern rewrite with careful editing would be amazing.
This book took me 10x longer to read than any other book I've ever attempted, and has put me off 'classics' for a time.
'Part 2' is significantly better than the first half of the book. I read the 'Edith Grossman' translation.
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