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I finished Tocqueville last month, so I'm happy about that. I've also been working on my Old English and reading short poems and what not in Old English. Aside from that I still plan on finishing the history of Ireland that I started last year and set aside.

My big project for the summer, though, is to read something long in Middle High German. I think it will probably be Iwein since I have a parallel Mittlelhochdeutsch/Neuhochdeutsch version that is good, though I was thinking perhaps I should read Gregorius instead and then read the modern German Der Erwählte by Thomas Mann, which is a retelling of Gregorius.

I expect I will finish the Decameron in June, too. I read a few stories and then put it down again because I read it not too long ago in English. The Italian is much better, though. It has a lively feel to it and the language is varied according to status very well.