How many times can you read the Marble Faun?!

from Appleton’s Journal “Literature Notes” (1870)

“Dean Stanley read Hawthorne’s MF six times. Once, when first published, from curiosity; a second time for its beautiful language; third, before visiting Rome; fourth, while in Rome, as well suited to the spirit of the place; fifth, after returning from Rome, as a pleasant reminder of the visit; and the last time, as he said, “because I wanted to.”