Don Juan (Start Classics Unexpurgated Edition)

by Lord Byron

E. Steffan (Editor), T.G. Steffan (Editor), W.W. Pratt (Editor), Peter Manning (Introduction), Susan Wolfson (Introduction), and Susan J. Wolfson (Introduction)

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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.
  • ISBN10 0140424520
  • ISBN13 9780140424522
  • Publish Date 26 August 2004
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Penguin Classics