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      Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches

      by Lucian
      Published
      Mar 2005
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      Described by a later Greek historian as "a man seriously committed to raising a laugh", Lucian exulted in the exposure of absurdity and the puncturing of pretension, and was capable of finding a comic angle on almost any subject. In this selection we see him conversing with his literary enemies, railing against hypocrisy and the vanity of human wealth and power, and taking a wry look at the power of lust and the unsatisfactory nature of deviant sexual practices.

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      Mar 2005 Penguin ISBN13 9780140447026 ISBN10 0140447024
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      Jun 2004 Penguin ISBN13 9780141967417 ISBN10 0141967412
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      Jun 2004 Penguin ISBN10 B004EPYSOG
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