The Anatomy of Melancholy

The New York Review of Books edition of The Anatomy of Melancholy is 1382 pages long.

Here's the problem with that.

If I'm feeling melancholy, then I'm in no condition to read a serious 1382-page book with a lot of Latin in it.

If I'm not feeling melancholy, then why would I want to think about melancholia?

It all seems so simple…now that I've spent $25 on the book…