Don Juan

by Lord Byron

Overview

Don Juan, is many of the old classic books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten we republish these books in high quality, using the original text and artwork so that they can be preserved for the present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789355116086
Publisher:	Alpha Edition
Publication date:	10/08/2021
Pages:	446
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.99(d)

About the Author

Lord Byron, sometimes known as George Gordon Byron, was an English romantic poet and lord who served as the sixth Baron Byron of Byron FRS (22 January 1788-19 April 1824). He is recognized as one of the finest English poets and was a key figure in the Romantic movement. The lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage are among his best-known works; many of his shorter verses in Hebrew Melodies also gained popularity. After receiving his education at Trinity College in Cambridge, Byron travelled widely throughout Europe, stopping in countries like Italy, where he spent seven years after being forced to leave England owing to lynching threats. He stayed in Venice, Ravenna, and Pisa. He frequently paid a visit to his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley while he was living in Italy. Byron later enlisted in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire and died in command of a battle during that conflict, for which the Greeks hold him in high esteem as a folk hero. After the First and Second Sieges of Missolonghi, he suffered a fever, which led to his death in 1824 at the age of 36.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
	Genesis of the Poem	7
	This Edition	10
	Acknowledgements	15
	Reprints 1977, 1982	15
	Table of Dates	17
	Further Reading	26
	Motto to Cantos I-V	35
	Preface to Cantos I and II	37
	Dedication	41
	Canto I	46
	Canto II	102
	Canto III	157
	Canto IV	189
	Canto V	219
	Motto to Cantos VI-XVI	259
	Preface to Cantos VI-VIII	261
	Canto VI	264
	Canto VII	295
	Canto VIII	317
	Canto IX	353
	Canto X	375
	Canto XI	397
	Canto XII	420
	Canto XIII	443
	Canto XIV	471
	Canto XV	497
	Canto XVI	522
	Canto XVII	555
	Notes	559
	Abbreviations	561
	Appendix	756

Editorial Reviews

Byron never managed to finish this epic, but Jonathan Keeble narrates right up to the end of what did get done. This may be the only classic poem that rhymes "Euxine" (a classical name for the Black Sea) with "pukes in," but Keeble keeps up with the shifting moods and tones, which range from expressions of pure romantic love to snarky commentary on British politics (and poetic politics) of the 1820s. Keeble doesn't overstress the rhyme or meter of Byron's eight-line stanzas and goes over the top with emotions only when the text calls for it. This is, after all, mostly a comedic story, and although the jokes are almost two centuries old, Keeble keeps them fresh. D.M.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2016 - AudioFile

Byron never managed to finish this epic, but Jonathan Keeble narrates right up to the end of what did get done. This may be the only classic poem that rhymes "Euxine" (a classical name for the Black Sea) with "pukes in," but Keeble keeps up with the shifting moods and tones, which range from expressions of pure romantic love to snarky commentary on British politics (and poetic politics) of the 1820s. Keeble doesn't overstress the rhyme or meter of Byron's eight-line stanzas and goes over the top with emotions only when the text calls for it. This is, after all, mostly a comedic story, and although the jokes are almost two centuries old, Keeble keeps them fresh. D.M.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2016 - AudioFile