Gibbon's Decline and Fall

[Monte Davis]

We do history differently now, but it's wonderful sonorous rolling
late-Augustan prose that works just fine as literature, as Ian says. You'll
hear lots of Mason & Dixon in the elaborately balanced sentences.

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Am thinking of reading it. Does anyone have advice on whether this is a
> good idea, or about which edition to read?
>
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