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Tales from Ovid

24 Passages from the Metamorphoses

by Ted Hughes · 1997 · 257 pages

Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
Recommended by 1 elite

Recommended by 1 Elite

Stephen Fry

About This Book

Ted Hughes provides a vigorous, modern English verse translation of twenty-four stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The collection reimagines classical myths of passion, violence, and transformation, focusing on the primal forces of nature and the human psyche. It remains one of the most acclaimed renderings of classical literature in contemporary poetry.

Book Details

Published

1997

Pages

257

Language

en

ISBN

9780374525873

Awards & Recognition

Whitbread Book of the Year (1997)

Audiobook Available

2h 51m
Narrated by Ted Hughes

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