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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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[–] Higlerfay 1 points 2 years ago

I am happy to be able to spread a bit of reading anticipation! This is markedly different in tone to Tess and Jude the Obscure, which I think both trend more in line with Hardy's general vibe - it makes sense to me you are more familiar with those stories.

Hopefully you will enjoy his work :)