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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
I'm one of these strange individuals who reads more than one book at once. However, when I read this it was part of what I was required to read for a Gothic class toward a Ph.D.
I was always aware of this book, but had never gotten around to reading it. I remember being absolutely entranced by it when I started it. It has stories-within-stories (as mentioned), but I love this type of story-telling, so I fell right into it.
I was reading other things, too, since at that time since I was required to take three doctoral level classes and teach two classes on composition.
I'm getting ready to tackle my re-reading of Proust (in order, this time), and am trying to get all my current reading down to zero, except for a zombie novel (something light and stupid) when I tire of reading Proust's delicious sentences [in translation].
Don
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I also read several things at once but I've found that I personally don't fully enjoy reading multiple novels at the same time. For me, their effect seems diluted when I do that.
I've read other works with tales within tales (Don Quixote comes to mind) and enjoyed those. I may well read Melmoth after finishing Musashi. Thanks for the recommendation.