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jannekurki's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
5.0
virtualreba's review
4.0
Good collection. It was great to be able to read them in the original French but also helpful to have the translations because I’m rusty. Overall, c’est agréable
zacharyfoote's review
2.0
i wish i knew french. macintyre's translation focuses squarely on matching the rhythm and rhyme of the originals, but in the process he makes more than a few painfully amateurish word choices. what seems simply and tastefully expressed in the original french (or as far as i can tell, anyway) often turns grandiloquent and drippy in macintyre's english.
i got this for a dollar, so i can't complain too much - as it is, a decent intro to verlaine's sensabilities - but if i were you, i wouldn't pay full price.
i got this for a dollar, so i can't complain too much - as it is, a decent intro to verlaine's sensabilities - but if i were you, i wouldn't pay full price.
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