A review by maximum_moxie
The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

5.0

Finishing this book feels like an achievement; but oh, is it worth the work! FQ is in in the vein of much epic fantasy, and was a great read from start to finish. Of particular note for me is the way Spenser handles women: though they do serve as inanimate symbols or generalizations, they are also often fully-conceived characters. Virtue and agency is not the exclusive realm of men; refreshing, given the time this was written. A must for the hardcore bibliophile.