The Golden Ass
| Author | : Apuleius, |
| Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2008-04-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199540556 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199540551 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (551 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Golden Ass by : Apuleius,
Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Apuleius, and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-04-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived in its entirety. It tells the story of Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic result in his transformation into an ass. After suffering a series of trials and humiliations, he is ultimately transformed back into human shape by the kindness of the Goddess Isis. This new translation is at once faithful to the meaning of the Latin, whilst reproducing all the exuberant gaiety of the original.
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