There was a lot to like about Babel, in my opinion, but ut ultimately fell flat due to weak, uninteresting characters more than anything. It should either have been a shorter book that just explored the concepts, or a much more fleshed out trilogy.

There was a lot to like about Babel, in my opinion, but ut ultimately fell flat due to weak, uninteresting characters more than anything. It should either have been a shorter book that just explored the concepts, or a much more fleshed out trilogy.

It’s maybe worth noting that Penguin Classics and other similar publishers release a lot of new translations of works, as well as often providing in depth introductions and notes in their books, so you’re not just getting the same stuff you’d get in a public domain version. This stuff is great for people who want to read them more than casually, but not to the extent of fully studying the works and getting multiple books about them.