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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 have read this novel over 10 years ago for the first time, and then again now in 2012. I leave it with 3* (even though now I would give it closer to 2*) just because I really liked the idea of a painting showing the signs of a corrupted soul / evil person. However, the book really does get boring and all the flowery language is annoying. Considering this is supposed to be a work of "gothic-fiction," all the focus on the witty and supposedly funny and clever quips was just over the top. Since a
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Jan 16, 2017
Candy
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it was amazing
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Sep 01, 2012
Shannon
marked it as maybe
Jul 21, 2013
Amy
marked it as to-read
Aug 11, 2013
Mandy Sickle
marked it as to-read
Jul 04, 2014
Annie
marked it as to-read
Mar 15, 2015
Julie
marked it as wishlist
Mar 06, 2016
Megs
marked it as to-read
Mar 31, 2016
Penni
marked it as to-read
Jul 04, 2017
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