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Jacopo Ortis'in Son Mektupları by Ugo Foscolo

7 reviews

alida_f's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i_am_lali's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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grereads's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was the first book I really annotated since I had to analyse it for Italian literature class. I often don't enjoy the books I need to read as homework, but this one wasn't that bad, even though I definitely prefer Foscolo's poetry. I liked the epistolary form of the novel and the description of Jacopo's madness was quite engaging. Unfortunately the obsolete language makes it difficult to read. Even though I know it's a characteristic of romantic literature, I'm not a fan of the exaggeration of the feelings of the characters, moreover Jacopo's constant switch between self-centredness and self-hate feels borderline hypocritical a lot of the time. You definitely need to know the historical background and basic notions of Foscolo's life to read this, in fact I would've understood way less if I didn't study this in Italian lit class.

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