Byron in Geneva: That Summer of 1816 by David Ellis
My rating: 3/5 cats
david ellis decided that the reason byron’s biographers have, in the past, been occasionally inconsistent is because they have tried to take on too much at once. too rich and full of a life makes for misunderstandings and poor scans of cause and effect. so his idea was to just write about that one summer (you know which one i’m talking about—the frankenstein summer), but pick it apart into little tiny pieces. but i still feel somehow that it was all just revisiting material i already know. have i read too much about byron?? probably. it didn’t add anything to my “scholarship,” but there may be people out there for whom this would be revelatory. (justin evans?? i’m calling you out!!)
anyway, it’s too freaking hot to write book reviews—i am going to go melt instead.
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