Sionainn’s Reviews > A History of French Passions 1848-1945: Volume I: Ambition, Love, and Politics > Status Update

This book is so dense and well-researched, that it can be dry. I've been on the Workers chapter for what genuinely feels like half of my life

Every once in awhile I read a page of this book. I'm on track to finish by 2089...

Literally started and ended an entire relationship in the time it’s taken me to read this book lol.

She’s dense.

Chapter on peasants is so dense, y'all

Most people think that life for peasants improved considerably after 1789. Unfortunately, it actually improved very little.

Learning the extent to which France had absolutely no regulation on any industry in the 19th century has really put the work of Balzac into perspective