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“Lo, Tevildo, these are the words of Huan whom thou thoughtest to catch and slay helpless as the miserable mice it is thy wont to hunt - stay for ever up thy lonely tree and bleed to death (…), or come down and feel again my teeth. But if neither are to thy liking, then tell me where is Tinúviel (…) and Beren (…) these shall be set as ransom against thee though it be valuing thee far over thy worth” Sassyy

The satire is relevant but the blind spots are far too many for me to respect this man’s career. The mediocrity of this university teacher in the 1930’s is astonishing. I can almost already see the ranty review I’m going to write. And I do miss writing those…

Finished David Bradshaw's intro, it didn't age well

Lately (the past few months) it seems I can’t sit down to read for five minutes because of how busy I’ve been, but an introduction by Margaret Atwood also took me a while to finish because of all the eye rolling.

Estou com nojo deste autor porque fala da escravatura como se só hoje fosse uma coisa má, mas além disso é pretensioso com a linguagem. Isto é história de Portugal altamente condensada, não precisava de estilização ridícula só porque certos homens de uma certa geração precisam de exercer toda a ginástica de palavras que conseguirem para se sentirem inteligentes e superiores. Will I ever be able to finish this book?