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The Golden Ass (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) (Paperback)

by Lucius Apuleius (Author), James Morwood (Introduction), William Adlington (Translator) "What I should like to do is to weave together different tales in this Milesian mode of story-telling and to stroke your approving ears with..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd; New edition edition (Sep 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1853264601
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853264603
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 1 cm
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  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,153,497 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This novel was written in Latin in the second century AD, and tells the story of the journey of the hero Lucius through Thessaly, the land of witchcraft. His curiosity leads to his accidental transformation into an ass, and he finds himself trapped in a world of ever increasing moral depravity.

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P. G. Walsh is Professor Emeritus of Humanity at the University of Glasgow. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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