{"product_id":"the-golden-asse-of-apuleius-the-adlington-translation-antique-hardcover-1943-liveright","title":"The Golden Asse of Apuleius translated by William Adlington [ANTIQUE HARDCOVER] 1943 • Liveright Publishing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius aka Being the Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius (An English Translation by William Adlington (1566) Revised 1915-1927) w. Essay by Charles Whibley.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eANTIQUE HARDCOVER [1943] LIVERIGHT PUBLISHING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack \u0026amp; Gold Edition \/ 1943.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntique hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust jacket is clean and in tact with some wear to edges; Housed in an archival quality jacket protector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook itself is excellent.  Looks and reads good as new w. a touch of erosion to gild on spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn enchanting story that has inspired generations of writers, including Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Cervantes and Keats \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten towards the end of the second century AD, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Ass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells the story of the many adventures of a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to be transformed into a donkey. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner - encountering a desperate gang of robbers and being forced to perform lewd 'human' tricks on stage - until the Goddess Isis finally breaks the spell and initiates Lucius into her cult. It has long been disputed whether Apuleius meant this last-minute conversion seriously or as a final comic surprise and the challenge of interpretation continues to keep readers fascinated. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApuleius' enchanting story has inspired generations of writers such as Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Cervantes and Keats with its dazzling combination of allegory, satire, bawdiness and sheer exuberance, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Ass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains the most continuously and accessibly amusing book to have survived from Classical antiquity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46550430482681,"sku":null,"price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/goldenassofapuleius-1.jpg?v=1749595183","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-golden-asse-of-apuleius-the-adlington-translation-antique-hardcover-1943-liveright","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}