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Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar
I really wanted to love this book, but I just couldn't. The writing style was just not for me. I'm not sure if it was the translation, or the author intentionally wrote it this way. It just did not work for me. But there were a decent amount of lovely and powerful passages.
I also think it helps the reader to know the history of Hadrian and of his time. I went in knowing very little of Hadrian other than the fact that he named his successor Marcius Aurelius. There are a lot of reference to historical events in the novel that I wish I knew the history. I would have appreciated the author's craft of this historical fiction much more.
I also think it helps the reader to know the history of Hadrian and of his time. I went in knowing very little of Hadrian other than the fact that he named his successor Marcius Aurelius. There are a lot of reference to historical events in the novel that I wish I knew the history. I would have appreciated the author's craft of this historical fiction much more.