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Saturae Sedecim - Community Reviews back

by Juvenal, James Willis
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Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it 9 years ago
This work is 16 satirical poems. My edition has an introduction by the translator that compares Juvenal to Dickens, which is a comparison that I find incredibly unhelpful. I don't think that I have ever read anything like them. They are basically angry rants, and have the nasty humor of a celebri...
janeg
janeg rated it 13 years ago
Ornery old man takes on what's wrong with people of his days. Stunning are the similarities between what he's got to complain about and what one could rant about now. People are people, we don't change.
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