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hrjI found where I'd stashed my previous reading notes. Here's another collation from Twitter postings:
Current gym reading is "Adv of Mlle de Richelieu" (see #LHMP posts). Alas, there's a reason this is not considered a literary classic. Every character the protagonist meets delivers a multi-page lecture on philosophy, history, theology, etc. or an entertaining and edifying story (a la Chaucer or Bocaccio) unrelated to the main plot. Also much travelogue. So far the framing story is running ca. 5% of text. No lesbians yet (they come later) but 1 amusing "2 women interact both passing as men" episode. Am color-coding pdf for "omit entirely", "background", "rework thoroughly" and "use" for my potential adaptation.
Current gym reading is "Adv of Mlle de Richelieu" (see #LHMP posts). Alas, there's a reason this is not considered a literary classic. Every character the protagonist meets delivers a multi-page lecture on philosophy, history, theology, etc. or an entertaining and edifying story (a la Chaucer or Bocaccio) unrelated to the main plot. Also much travelogue. So far the framing story is running ca. 5% of text. No lesbians yet (they come later) but 1 amusing "2 women interact both passing as men" episode. Am color-coding pdf for "omit entirely", "background", "rework thoroughly" and "use" for my potential adaptation.
