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Paris in Ruins
Paris in Ruins: Love, War and the Birth of Impressionism | Sebastian Smee
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic's gripping account of how political turmoil in Paris from 1870-1871 gave rise to Impressionism
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While I learned a lot, and went on internet dives to find all the pictures, there were a few things that took it down to a soft pick for me. The writing became so repetitive at the last few chapters that I at first thought my playback had jumped back to a previous chapter. The narrator spoke good French most of the time, but there were moments of mispronunciation (Mai pronounced “mah-ee”) and cadence (reading “independently wealthy and beautiful”

Lcsmcat said if there were an extra comma and three separate adjectives) that made me double check that it wasn‘t read by AI. (There‘s a narrator‘s name given , but I guess that doesn‘t prove it isn‘t AI.) But overall I‘m glad I read this. (edited) 2mo
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This is basically a history about French chaos and Berthe Morisot with a bit of Manet. She's an icon and I'm glad I took a break from (paused) my fantasy trend to give her some of my headspace.

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