Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry
Soldier, explorer, and adventurer, British author CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (1821-1890) is perhaps best remembered for his notoriously unexpurgated translations of The Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra, which scandalized-and titillated-Victorian readers. Lesser known, however, is his intriguing collection of classic Hindu tales of adventure, magic, and romance, first published in 1870. Enlivened by Burton's own imagination-he was the first to translate them from Sanskrit-these stories purport to demonstrate the exceeding folly of many wise fools, the use and misuse of magic pills, that a man's wife belongs not…
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Weitere Autoren: Burton, Isabel (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-61640-191-7
- EAN: 9781616401917
- Produktnummer: 6977943
- Verlag: Cosimo Classics
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 290 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.7 cm 390 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 390
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