Why does nobody talk about this here? I just ordered the first

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>>9617384
Also check out The Song of Roland.

>>9617400
Not OP, but I plan on reading this soon. I know that it's a masterpiece, and very culturally significant, but how enjoyable of a read did you find it?

>>9617400
Do I need to read Orlando Innamorato first or can the novel be understood and appreciated without it? I only ask because copies of Orlando Innamorato are really expensive where I live.

Because it
SUCKS
TO
READ

>>9617384
read jerusalem delivered as well, also, check out morgante.

>>9617400
>yfw you find out they were fighting basques all along

>>9617384
We did this in school

The fight between Orlando and the Orca of Ebuda is GOAT

That translation is a work of God

>>9617384
Read the first two chapters and plan on finishing it by the end of summer. It's really great! Knights and monsters and dragons and all. It inspired Faerie Queene which is even better imo

>>9617384
Is the oxford one abridged?