by Lord Byron · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140422160
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«Don Juan» is Lord Byron's epic and satirical poem, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (768 pages, in English).
The poem narrates the adventures of young Don Juan: a forbidden romance in Spain, a shipwreck that takes him to Greece, his sale as a slave, and his time at the court of Empress Catherine, who sends him to England. Written in ottava rima, it combines drama and comedy with a satire of society and human behaviour.
The poem was originally published in 1819; this Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction by Peter Manning and Susan Wolfson and an edition by T. G. Steffan, E. Steffan and W. W. Pratt.
Suitable for readers of English Romantic poetry and social satire; also of interest to those studying nineteenth-century British literature.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, was a British poet. He was one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest British poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.
