Kicker, thanks so much. I'm very sorry I've not replied before now.

My daughter bought the book, so I have been reading it. We converse about literature and art from totally different ages and perspectives which is really interesting.

Apparently this book is being made into a movie so she wanted to read the book first. It's a book I probably should have read ages ago. I only had known of some particular quotes from the book and I loved them so much.

My problem really was in the reading. I just have had such a difficult tiime reading the book... the way it is written. I understand more since your posts and with a lot of research and will now attempt to read the last part of the book.