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The Golden Asse - Classic Illustrated Edition by [Apuleius]

The Golden Asse - Classic Illustrated Edition Kindle Edition

by Apuleius (Author), L. Carr (Editor)

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* Beautifully illustrated with atmospheric paintings by renowned artists, The Golden Asse is the only Ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety. The story revolves around the protagonist's curiosity and insatiable desire to see and practice magic. While trying to perform a spell to transform into a bird, he is accidentally transformed into an ass. This leads to a long journey, literal and metaphorical, filled with in-set tales. He finally finds salvation through the intervention of the goddess Isis, whose cult he joins.

* Just as accessible and enjoyable for today's readers as it would have been when first published, the novel is one of the great works of world literature and continues to be widely read.

* This meticulous digital edition from Heritage Illustrated Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original text and is enhanced with images of classic works of art carefully selected by our team of professional editors.

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File Size: 1403 KB
Print Length: 304 pages
Publisher: Heritage Illustrated Publishing (November 20, 2014)
Publication Date: November 20, 2014
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00PZ2B03O
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Wow--sex, violence, a fast-paced adventure story, and a profound moral & spiritual allegory all rolled into one!

March 22, 2017

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It's a shame they don't give this to high-school students in the original language. It would sure make them a whole lot more interested in learning Latin than reading Caesar or Catullus ever could. (I'm guessing that the human-donkey sex scenes--narrated by the donkey--make it a tough sell to local school districts.)

Which is too bad, because those scenes AREN'T gratuitous. The whole fast-moving adventure tale is actually a moral and spiritual allegory about the need for Man (and Woman) to transcend his animal, human nature in order to obtain true wisdom and divine Love. (Yes, the pagans--or at least Apuleius--seemed to have a pretty good idea that divine Love was/is,indeed, a "thing.") And the gender-neutrality of the message is reinforced by the inclusion of the Cupid/Psyche story in the middle of our hero's (mis-)adventures. Where Lucius (the human-turned-animal narrator) is male, (the human) Psyche is female; where Lucius learns that he must submit himself to the great goddess (Isis) in order to be saved from his animal fate, Psyche learns that she must submit herself to the punishments of Aphrodite (the goddess of Desire), including a trip to hell, before she can be reunited with Aphrodite's son, the god of Love, and become divine herself. And BOTH of them learn that you cannot gain knowledge of true, divine LOVE until you have a) been kind to others and b) bravely endured suffering first.
Highly recommended.

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February 3, 2017

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It's a book written between 150 - 180 AD, and it holds up in its own way. For sure a few issues with how things are worded, since it is translated from what I assume would be either ancient Latin and/or Greek depending on where it was first published in ancient Rome. But the story follows an interesting tale of a man cursed with horrible luck until his bad luck ends. The ending is a bit flat, and there is a strange middle break where they go right into another Roman myth about cupid, where the author could have easily summed it up in a few paragraphs, but decided to do a chapter and a half of this secondary tale. Regardless of that, when the story hit it's high points, and there was at least one per chapter, it was very enjoyable. I also think it is funny since this book is an adaption of a Greek play. Just goes to show you that humans are always adapting another media into another media. Several hundred years ago, we did plays to books. Now we do books to movies.

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April 25, 2017

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You’ll find inspiration for everything from the transformation of Bottom in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream to the tub of Chaucer’s “The Miller’s Tale” and even the fate of the unfortunate Lampwick in Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio in the chapters of Apuleius’ The Golden Ass. It’s bawdy and beastly (although not as consistently so as some reviews may lead one to believe), imaginative, and unexpectedly romantic in its tale of Cupid and Psyche. And even if the late arrival of Isis plays like the driest deus ex machina—and we’re treated to a healthy helping of didacticism with our oats at the story’s close—The Golden Ass remains indispensable to any scholar seeking to study the evolution of the modern novel. The Penguin edition translated by E. J. Kenney is exemplary—by turns, lyrical and laugh-inducing. Buy it, then kick up your hooves, and enjoy.

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Looks like Old English but I'm not sure

January 12, 2018

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Interesting translation... Looks like Old English but I'm not sure. Easy to read, but how some things are translated completely confuses me.

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January 2, 2018

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Textbook required for school.

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August 10, 2015

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Honestly, I'm not one to read texts for school. I really have to be into something for any information to stick with me. I thought to myself, "great.. another book I have to fake my way through because there is no way it will hold my attention." Surprisingly, I was wrong! I enjoyed this classical piece. If you're buying this for a class, give it a chance - seriously. Sure, you will likely have work associated with reading this (unless you're reading it for pleasure which is completely fine!) but I honestly think it is a good story and there are much worse things you could be doing :)

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A classic, what can I say...?

December 10, 2009

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This book is a riveting classic. I couldn't put it down. The language and style is as good today as when it was created, and the pace is well set. However the ending is somewhat anti-climactic.

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December 2, 2016

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Show that Latin literature can be light and pleasant to read even nowadays. These king of books should more often replace the boring memorizing of grammar and declinations and would attract more interest on the part of students.

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