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Some interesting facts

Revisado: 03-24-25

Too many repetitions. The person reading emphasizes some passages like if she were reading fairy tales to kids.

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Excellent historical work, extremely well researched.

Revisado: 01-12-24

The most atrocious pronunciation of French words, names and places I ever heard, almost offensive I would say.

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A must read on the history of Enlightement

Revisado: 08-14-22

I greatly enjoyed this book. The huge erudition of the author and the depth of the analysis is enormously valuable to understand this historic period, especially for Europeans. I bought also the paper version to come back to some sections that were particularly interesting or (see below) difficult to understand. Overall, a rare gem in the landscape of cultural histories.

Unfortunately the narrator leaves much to be desired. Especially the pronunciation of the numerous German, Latin and French citations is simply atrocious (especially for someone who speaks all three languages) and ruins entire sections of the book where the listener has to mentally stop to think what the narrator meant, instead of following the narration.

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Disappointed

Revisado: 03-13-19

Ok, this book is read for English-speaking people, but occasionally some Frenchman may try to learn some English. Unfortunately he/she may not even recognize the few French words as the pronunciation is often so totally wrong.
A 15% slow-down in the reading speed may also have positively accentuated and dramatized the few remarkable passages in the story.

On the overall story, I also have grave reservations. It seems that the author has collected a great number of cards with the entire life of Monet in small episodes, has then spent a drunken week-end shuffling them around in the most absurd order and then sat down to write the story in that order. I have never seen any biography with less structure, logic or unity.
The story continuously goes back and forth in time, location, and characters. A mess!
I must admit that I have abandoned the book after three chapters, as I can find no unity and no pleasure in the entire story.

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Absolutely beautiful.

Revisado: 02-10-19

Simply the best biographical novel I ever read. I own both the audio and the printed version of the book and I would recommend them most warmly to anyone.

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