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Orlando Furioso

Name: Orlando Furioso
Brand: Penguin Classics
SKU: 9780140443110-PRUSDTR
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A Romantic Epic: Part 1

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Edition: US - Paperback / softback

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832 pages • 12.95 x 19.79 x 4.78 cm

Approx. weight: 0.61 kg

Publication date: 30 Aug,1975

Barcode/ ISBN: 9780140443110 • Penguin Classics

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By: Ludovico Ariosto

One of the greatest epic poems of the Italian Renaissance, Orlando Furioso is an intricate tale of love and enchantment set at the time of the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne's conflict with the Moors. When Count Orlando returns to France from Cathay with the captive Angelica as his prize, her beauty soon inspires his cousin Rinaldo to challenge him to a duel - but during their battle, Angelica escapes from both knights on horseback and begins a desperate quest for freedom. This dazzling kaleidoscope of fabulous adventures, sorcery and romance has inspired generations of writers - including Spenser and Shakespeare - with its depiction of a fantastical world of magic rings, flying horses, sinister wizardry and barbaric splendour.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.