

Tales of Troy and Greece
Author: Andrew Lang
Narrator: Frederick Davidson
Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 08/30/2011
Author: Andrew Lang
Narrator: Frederick Davidson
Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 08/30/2011
Andrew Lang (1844–1912), Scottish man of letters educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews, and Balliol College, Oxford, became a prolific and versatile London journalist. He took a leading part in the controversy with Max Müller and his school about the interpretation of mythology and folk tales. He published several volumes of verse and several solid contributions to the study of the philosophy and religion of primitive man. He also wrote the four-volume History of Scotland, A History of English Literature, and many fairy-tale collections, as well as works on Homer, Joan of Arc, Scott, Lockhart, Mary Stuart, John Knox, Prince Charlie, Tennyson, and others.
It is a good summary of mythology tales. My edition is superbly illustrated by H.J. Ford which made the reading very delightful. It is true that some things of the myths are not described here. Because the book is addressed to a young public. Andrew Lang does a great job of compilation and as a storyt......more
Varianta moderna, in proza, a Iliadei lui Homer. In schimb, Andrew Lang il pune in centrul actiunii sale nu pe legendarul Ahile, ci pe Ulise din Itaca.......more
This book should probably be 3 stars, but I feel like giving 4. *Shrugs* Is that strange? Anyway... Tales of Troy and Greece starts with the boyhood of Odysseus (Ulysses in this version) and sums up the siege of Troy as well as the story of the Odyssey. It then moves on to the tale of Jason, then The......more
It's a good book, but the constant references to other topics relating to England get annoying as they have really no reason to be in there. Also referring to Odysseus as Ulysses, when you are talking about him in his Greek form but refer to him in his Roman is annoying as hell. But maybe thats just......more