The Golden AsseWritten 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 technique that inspired many later authors, including Boccaccio, Cervantes, and Rabelais. This lavish hardcover edition reproduces the John Lane/Bodley Head version, first published in London in 1923. William Adlington's highly readable 16th-century translation from Latin to English is enhanced by 16 full-page plates, eight in color, and numerous black-and-white images by noted illustrator Jean de Bosschère. |
Contents
INTo CoMPANY witH Two STRANGERs THAT REAsonED | 3 |
How MEROE THE WITCH TURNED DIVERS PERSONS INTO | 11 |
How APULEIUS CAME To A CITY NAMED HIPATE AND | 21 |
How APULEIUs ForTUNED To MEET witH HIs Cousin | 29 |
How BYRRHENA SENT VicTUALs UNTo APULEIUs AND | 38 |
How APULEIUs suPPED witH BYRRHENA AND what | 43 |
How APULEIUs was TAKEN AND PUT IN PRIson | 55 |
How APULEIUs was Accused BY Two Women AND | 61 |
How MUCH APULEIUS was MADE of | 157 |
How APULEIUS was Accused of LECHERY BY THE | 167 |
How A YoUNG MAN CAME AND DEcLARED THE MISER | 175 |
How APULEIUs was chEAPNED BY DIVERS PERsons | 191 |
How APULEIUS SAVED HIMSELFE FROM THE CookE | 199 |
How THE PRIESTs of THE GoDDESSE SIRIA were TAKEN | 205 |
How BARBARUs BEING JEALous over HIS WIFE com | 212 |
How APULEIUS was Found BY HIS SHADow | 227 |
How Fotis BROUGHT APULEIUs To SEE HER MISTRESSE | 70 |
How APULEIUS THINKING To EAT Roses wAs cruELLY | 79 |
How TRASILEoN was DISGUISED IN A BEARES SKIN | 89 |
How APULEIUS CARRIED Away THE GENTLEwomAN | 139 |
How HEE THAT was LEFT BEHINDE AT HIPPATA DID | 147 |
How THE DEATH of THE ASSE AND THE GENTLEwoMAN | 153 |
How THE SouLDIER DRAVE APULEIUS Away AND | 233 |
How APULEIUs was sold To Two BRETHREN whereof | 242 |
How APULEIUS BY Roses AND PRAYER RETURNED | 261 |
How THE PARENTS AND FRIENDs of APULEIUs HEARD | 273 |
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Common terms and phrases
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