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The Adventures of Ulysses
Charles Lamb
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Lamb used Homer’s Odyssey as the basis for the re-telling of the story of Ulysses’s journey back from Troy to his own kingdom of Ithaca. Not a direct translation and deemed modern in its time, Lamb states in the preface that, “I have gained a rapidity to the narration which I hope will make it more attractive and give it more the air of a romance to young readers”.
Lamb used Homer’s Odyssey as the basis for the re-telling of the story of Ulysses’s journey back from Troy to his own kingdom of Ithaca. Not a direct translation and deemed modern in its time, Lamb states in the preface that, “I have gained a rapidity to the narration which I hope will make it more attractive and give it more the air of a romance to young readers”.
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"O Circe," he replied, "how canst thou treat of love or marriage with one whose friends thou hast turned into beasts? and now offerest him thy hand in wedlock, only that thou mightest have him in thy power, to live the life of a beast with thee, naked, effeminate, subject to thy will, perhaps to be advanced in time to the honour of a place in thy sty. What pleasure canst thou promise which may tempt the soul of a reasonable man? Thy meats, spiced with poison; or thy wines, drugged with death? Thou must swear to me that thou wilt never attempt against me the treasons which thou hast practised upon my friends." The enchantress, won by the terror of his threats, or b. . . Read More
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Better read the original The Odyssey. I understand Lamb wanted to make it more accessible for a younger audience, but he removes to much of the interesting style of Homer. He changed the narrative to chronological, while what Homer did was way more interesting. He also changed a lot of details for n
Obviously missing out on a lot of the beautiful language and epic feel of the original, nonetheless enjoyable. I dearly love the character of Ulysses - the strong man who lives more by his wits than by his biceps - even though they are poppin'! There's a picaresque quality to his adventures that I f
Li este livro em preparação para a leitura de "Ulysses", de James Joyce. É meu primeiro livro sobre a mitologia clássica, o qual recomendo com entusiasmo. Sugiro também as traduções adaptadas de David Bruce, onde descobri que os cursos da Prof. Elizabeth Vandiver são absolutamente imperdíveis para c
It was fun going through Ulysses adventures again, but this isn't the way to do it. The adventures are taken from the "Odyssey" & his name in Greek is Odysseus. OK, this is the Latin version so his name is Ulysses & so I'd expect the gods & goddesses to use their Latin names. They did - sometimes -
I read this as supplemental material for Ulysses, since it was Joyce's first introduction to the character. What really made it interesting was the comparison between this English school adaptation from the 19th century, and Emily Wilson's translation of the Odyssey, released in 2017. Lamb's version
(...) to imagine that prospective penitence can excuse a present violation of duty...more
This is the version of The Odyssey that James Joyce supposedly use to write Ulysses. A great short version of the epic tale.
Chronicling elements of Homer's Odyssey, 'the Adventures of Ulysses' follows events during Ulysses's return to Ithaca...more
Lamb includes the main details of Homer's Odyssey, but skips the first third of Homer's poem and gets right to Ulysses' adventures.
I liked Lamb for his beautiful language and for daring to make moral judgments, calling the greedy sailors "covetous wretches" and the Cyclops a "cannibal." When Ulysse
A shortened version of The Odyssey intended for children, edited and recast by early 19th century educator Charles Lamb. Only the journey of Ulysses himself is included, the concurrent story of Telemachus's search for his father completely omitted, with brevity further achieved by 'avoiding the prol