This book encourages reading from the beginning to the end. Encouraging, tantalizing and wonderful. When thought of a long reading time is completly removed, take this and enjoy!

lots of typos, unintelligible words, weird formatting. Clearly not written out by a person but cheaply done with a machine

The book in itself is fabulous. This version was obviously copied by a program that was intended to recognize the letters and scribe them without human intervention. It was very poorly done. There are several incorrect words and many punctuational and formatting problems. It was obviously not reviewed before posting on this website. I suggest you find a means of acquiring human intervention to actually transcribe the book correctly—a service I would gladly offer you for nothing more than being provided a copy of the actual book and $30 an hour to do the proper copy editing and proofreading for you. This is not to deter any reader from reading the book. Just understand there are a lot of errors in the transcription of this book.

If you wish to truly understand each phase of life. Read this book.

There are significant errors in the ebook.

This was an excellent book by an excellent author. It’s just too bad that it has so very many typos. The typos ruined the book.

The longest audiobook I’ve tackled, but so entertaining that I didn’t want it to end. Vivid characters, provocative situations, it’s enormously fulfilling. Now I know why it’s a classic!

First of all, this book is massive. Printed editions range from 1,200-1,400 pages. I had no clue. A French friend of mine recommended this book and I remember really liking the 2002 film. But this was just…epic, in a literal sense. The English translation is quite old, but in its own way, beautiful. I got the help of ChatGPT to decode certain passages or to explain historical background. For me, that was part of the adventure. A captivating read that left me feeling sad when it was over, like saying goodbye to an old friend. Read it to be transported to another time, for the adventure, for the intellectual satisfaction, and for the emotional experience. I loved it.

While the contents are present in whole, there are numerous issues throughout with transcribing, translation, and/or transliteration. For a free book though, these are tolerable shortfalls.

The book is amazing! However, there are many typos in this copy. It was distracting.