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Apuleius's Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel--the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived from antiquity. It tells the story of the hero Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic results in his transformation into... Read Full Overview

An enchanting story that has inspired generations of writers, including Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Cervantes and Keats

The story of The Golden Ass is that of Lucius Apuleius, a young man of good birth who encountered many strange adventures while disporting himself along the roads to Thessaly. Not the least of these occurred when Apuleius offended a priestess of the White Goddess, who... Read Full Overview

Conceived at the zenith of the Roman Empire, Apuleius's The Golden Ass--a bawdy, comic romp centered on a man-turned-animal--is the only ancient work of fiction in Latin that survives in its entirety. In playful, evocative prose, the novel recounts the travails of Lucius,... Read Full Overview

A frank and vivid modern version of one of the most diverting of all classics. Lindsay's translation captures the genuine flavor, sharp dialogue, outrageous humor, racy delight and subtle style of Apuleius' sophisticated masterpiece.

Written in the second century A.D., this picaresque classic is the ancient world's only surviving complete novel. Concerning an inquisitive young man transformed into an ass by a magic potion, the narrative digresses into other tales of love, intrigue, and witchcraft a story-within-a-story... Read Full Overview

The Metamorphoses of Apuleius is the only whole Latin novel in existence. Reprinted here in its original Latin.

Apuleius's Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel--the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived from antiquity. It tells the story of the hero Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic results in his transformation into... Read Full Overview

El asno de oro, o Las Metamorfosis de Lucio Apuleyo, es la nica novela latina completa que se ha podido hallar. Fue escrita en el siglo II d. C., y era una adaptaci n de un original griego, cuyo autor fuera posiblemente Lucio de Pratae. Es una obra imaginativa, irreverente y... Read Full Overview

Apuleius' famous novel, The Metamorphoses, tells the story of a man who was magically changed into an ass, and who had various (humorous, sad, exciting, disturbing, erotic, horrific) adventures before he regained his human form. As well as being genuinely interesting and great... Read Full Overview

Zimmerman presents a new edition of Apuleius' Metamorphoses, also known as Asinus Aureus ('The Golden Ass'), which was written in the second century AD and is the only ancient Latin novel to survive in its entirety. It tells the tale of a young man who, by magic, is changed into... Read Full Overview

Apuleius was a student of Platonist philosophy and Latin prose writer who produced the novel "Metamorphoses", more popularly known as "The Golden Ass". This work is the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. Adapted from an earlier Greek story, "The Golden Ass" tells... Read Full Overview

Conceived at the zenith of the Roman Empire, Apuleius's The Golden Ass --a bawdy, comic romp centered on a man-turned-animal--is the only ancient work of fiction in Latin that survives in its entirety. In playful, evocative prose, the novel recounts the travails of Lucius, a... Read Full Overview

Le h ros de ce roman, un aristocrate pr nomm Lucius (comme l'auteur du livre, Lucius Apuleius), conna t diff rentes aventures, apr s que sa ma tresse, Photis, l'a transform en ne par accident. Il apprend que, pour retrouver sa forme humaine, il doit manger des roses. Ses diverses... Read Full Overview

El asno de oro de Apuleyo (siglo II) est considerada una de las grandes novelas de la literatura latina y una de las joyas de la literatura universal. Aunque el tema no es original, pues exist a otra obra anterior titulada Lucio, el asno, Apuleyo da a su obra una nueva dimensi... Read Full Overview

In all of literature, there are few books with the vitality ofThe Golden Ass. The story follows Lucius, a young man of good birth, as he disports himself in the cities and along the roads of Thessaly. This is a wonderful tale abounding in lusty incident, curious adventure and... Read Full Overview

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