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What’s the oldest book you’ve enjoyed so far? (lemmy.ml)

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I was thinking this while reading The Canterbury Tales, which isn’t exactly the oldest I’ve read (I think that goes to Homer)

But The Canterbury Tales is just so delightful! Getting into the flow of the rhyming prose is very fun to read (I’ve just been reading the Penguin Classics Coghill translation which is fantastic)

I’ve already watched the Pasolini adaptation but I’m definitely going to revisit once I finish the book.

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[–] melonpunk 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dunno if you'd count it as a book but the Epic of Gilgamesh is one of my all time favorite stories that I regularly go back to. Also, predates Homer by a long shot.

[–] Someology 2 points 2 years ago

You definitely win the oldest book contest!