Description
The adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses by François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
- Hardcover: Vol. 1. (450pp), Vol. 2. (476pp)
- Binding: cardboard, marble
- Language: English
- Publish Date: 1796
- Publisher: Vienna, R. Sammer
- Shipping Weight: 360 g
- Condition: Good
- Dimensions: 12,5 x 8,5 cm
Originally published by Fenelon in 1699, this famous retelling of the Greek myth proved the authors undoing as the King of France took its content as a hidden criticism. English translation of Fénélon’s famous didactic novel, written for his student, the seven-year-old Duc de Bourgogne (grandson of Louis XIV and second in line to the throne). Published anonymously (and against the author’s intentions), it was widely perceived as a criticism of the King’s absolutist rule and was translated in many languages.
