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A review by rbcp82
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
4.0
Six stars for writing and erudition
but three stars as a novel.
It is impossible to write my favorite passages here because there were so many, it will take hours.
Perhaps the reading condition afforded by life nowadays prevented me from enjoying this novel as I should have enjoyed it. I mostly enjoyed the author's erudition (conveyed as if by Hadrian), but I also like to be immersed in it when reading a novel, which didn't happen with this one.
but three stars as a novel.
It is impossible to write my favorite passages here because there were so many, it will take hours.
Perhaps the reading condition afforded by life nowadays prevented me from enjoying this novel as I should have enjoyed it. I mostly enjoyed the author's erudition (conveyed as if by Hadrian), but I also like to be immersed in it when reading a novel, which didn't happen with this one.