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Metamorphoses, or the Golden Donkey

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Metamorphoses, or the Golden Donkey
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The author of the adventurous and allegorical novel "Metamorphoses, or the Golden Donkey" Apuleius was known to his contemporaries as a philosopher, priest, orator and lawyer. However, today the whole world knows him as the creator of one of the most brilliant books of all time, along with "Don Quixote" by Cervantes, "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Rabelais and other masterpieces of golden letters inscribed in the history of world literature and became for Apuleius a pass to eternity. Plots from "The Golden Donkey" (such as the story of Cupid and Psyche) used in their works by outstanding masters of the word and fine arts. Apuleius was appreciated and admired by Shakespeare, Voltaire, Pushkin and many others. This edition, in addition to "The Golden Donkey", also includes "Apologia" (Apuleius' speech in his defense against the accusation of the author of practicing magic), as well as a collection of his other speeches under the title "Florides".
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