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Lucian's True History

of Samosata Lucian

  • Fantasy
  • Book language: English
  • 46 pages

Lucian's True History is a satirical fantasy travelogue from antiquity: a voyage beyond the Pillars of Hercules leads to the Moon and a war between the Moon and the Sun. Parodying tall tales and historians, it is an early, witty example of fantastic fiction worth hearing.

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LUCIAN'S TRUE HISTORY
TRANSLATED BY FRANCIS HICKES ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM
STRANG
J. B. CLARK AND AUBREY BEARDSLEY WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY
CHARLES WHIBLEY
(Originally published with the Greek text in 1894.)
A. H. BULLEN
18 Cecil Court
LONDON
MCMII
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
AFTER THE TEMPEST (Strang)
ADORATION (Clark)
"A SNARE OF VINTAGE" (Beardsley)
SPIDERS OF MIGHTY BIGNESS (Strang)
THE BATTLE OF THE TURNIPS (Clark)
THE SUPPER OF FISH (Strang)
UNDERPROPPING THE WHALE'S CHOPS (Clark)
SOCRATES' GARDEN (Clark)
THE BANQUET OF BEANS (Strang)
THE PILLAR OF BERYLSTONE (Clark)
OWLS AND POPPIES (Strang)
DREAMS (Beardsley)
THE HALCYON'S NEST (Strang)
THE FLOATING FOREST (Clark)
THE ISLAND WOMEN (Strang)
WATER INCARNADINE (Clark)

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Contents

  1. LUCIAN'S TRUE HISTORY
  2. TRANSLATED BY FRANCIS HICKES ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM STRANG J. B. CLARK AND AUBREY BEARDSLEY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHAR
  3. INTRODUCTION.
  4. LUCIAN: HIS TRUE HISTORY.
  5. LUCIAN HIS TRUE HISTORY.
  6. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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