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Don Juan

Penguin classics

by Byron George Gordon Byron

Synopsis

Byron s exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in ottava rima stanza form, Byron's Don Juan blends high drama with earthy humour, outrageous satire of his contemporaries (in particular Wordsworth and Southey) and sharp mockery of Western societies, with England coming under particular attack.

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Book Information

Copyright year 2004
ISBN-13 9780140424522
ISBN-10 0140424520
Class Copyright
Publisher Penguin Books
Subject POETRY
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 776
Length of Recording 35
Shelf No. JD871
Grade Range 12 - 12
Ages 18 - 99