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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read the Ellen Marriage translation, which is the one Project Gutenberg provides. I also had a copy of the 1962 Henry Reed translation on hand, and I am very glad I read the Marriage translation--it is so much more amusingly magniloquent. "A sentiment--what is that but the whole world in a thought?" "There was no inspiration to be found in vulgar necessity, in debts contracted for past requirements." "The old maid lowered her eyes like a nun who sees a statue." "The demon of luxury gnawed at his heart, greed burned in his veins, his throat was parched with the thirst of gold." "If ever you explore a Parisian woman's heart, you will find the money-lender first, and the lover afterwards." "She lacked the two things which create woman a second time--pretty dresses and love-letters." "Little minds find gratification for their feelings, benevolent or otherwise, by a constant exercise of petty ingenuity." What fun!
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated