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New York: Modern Library. 1984. 2nd Modern Library Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394605101 . Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light toning on front panel. ; 7.2 X 4.9 X 1.2 inches; 514 pages .
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Don Juan Hardcover - 1984
by George Gordon Byron; Designed by Louis Kronenberger
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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.
First line
In a note or preface (I forget which) by Mr W. Wordsworth to a poem, the subject of which, as far as it is intelligible, is the remorse of an unnatural mother for the destruction of a natural child, the courteous reader is desired to extend his usual courtesy so far as to suppose that the narrative is narrated by 'the captain of a merchantman or small trading vessel, lately retired upon a small annuity to some inland town, etc. etc.'
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- Title Don Juan
- Author George Gordon Byron; Designed by Louis Kronenberger
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 2nd
- Pages 514
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Modern Library, U.S.A.
- Date November 12, 1984
- ISBN 9780394605104 / 0394605101
- Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Library of Congress subjects Don Juan (Legendary character) - Poetry
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 84004653
- Dewey Decimal Code 821.7
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