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L.S. Popovich
Oct 29, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2021, roman, 4-star
Whenever someone says Don Quixote was the first novel ever written, one-up them with this one. Same if they claim Tale of Genji was first. Other novels, poems, and fragments might claim to be the first, but none are so convincing a contender as The Golden Ass. Supposedly, other Roman novels existed like this one, but we are left with mere sections of those. This is complete as far as we can tell.

I recommend this as a good follow up to Petronius' Satyricon. While the two differ in content, the to ...more
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Literary Ames
Dec 03, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics, male-authors, dtb, laugh-out-loud, mythology, 1001, read-in-2014, bought-in-2014
Bestiality. Kidnapping. Mugging. Ye olde carjacking. Burglary. Assault. Murder. Female paedophiles. Incest. Male rape. Adultery. Animal cruelty. Serial killers in the making. Poisonings. Homosexual priest gangbangs. Shapeshifting. Gods and goddesses. The Seven Deadly Sins. Evil mother-in-laws. Drama. Comedy. Tragedy. Adventure. Romance. Horror. Urban legends. Stories within stories. Inspiration for that Hannibal episode where a person was sewn into a dead horse's belly.



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Rebecca
Jul 20, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classics
Enjoyable. Guy turned to ass. Latin Larks follow. Twas hilarious upon his metamorphosis he was cheered by the size of his cock. No woman transformed into a cow would consider giant udders consolation.

*shakes head at men*

Also premiere of the Psyche and Cupid tale. Tis my favourite, although I'm averse to meaning cos I wish myths literal. *sulks*
Tis actually a religious text which concludes with the Goddess Isis as saviour.


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Mary Stephanos
Jul 28, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kim
Sep 03, 2008 marked it as to-read
Mawgojzeta
May 11, 2009 rated it really liked it
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Jelena
Sep 04, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Ivana zderic
Jan 04, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Melanti
Jan 17, 2012 rated it really liked it
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Merinde
Feb 06, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: historical, fiction
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Nov 21, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Oct 17, 2019 marked it as to-read
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