William Adlington
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William Adlington
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William Adlington was one among the host of translators that made the Elizabethan era the "golden age of translations". His translation of Apuleius' 2nd century CE novel Metamorphoses, better known by its English title The Golden Ass was its first appearance in English and has been steadily reprinted into the 20th century. His prose is bold and delightful, though he does not stick as close to his source as a modern translator would be expected to do, in part because he had probably translated fr
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