Author: Bain,F.W. (1863–1940)
Title: ASHES OF A GOD translated from the original Manuscript by F.W. Bain .. with a frontispiece.
Description: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1st edition 1911 Frontispiece of elephant and tree. . Small octavo parchment spined paper covered boards (hinges splitting but boards still well attached/spine darkened & sl.marked) xxi +115pp uncut pages, as issued. Pages clean and white. *Francis William Bain was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit [Wikipedia] however critics could not agree on whether they were originals or translations but since they conform to modern Edwardian modesty it is more likely that they were not from an original Indian manuscript which would have been far more sexually explicit. However whether translation or written by Bain they became popular with a discerning readership.
Keywords: Indian epic India
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Title: ASHES OF A GOD translated from the original Manuscript by F.W. Bain .. with a frontispiece.
Description: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1st edition 1911 Frontispiece of elephant and tree. . Small octavo parchment spined paper covered boards (hinges splitting but boards still well attached/spine darkened & sl.marked) xxi +115pp uncut pages, as issued. Pages clean and white. *Francis William Bain was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit [Wikipedia] however critics could not agree on whether they were originals or translations but since they conform to modern Edwardian modesty it is more likely that they were not from an original Indian manuscript which would have been far more sexually explicit. However whether translation or written by Bain they became popular with a discerning readership.
Keywords: Indian epic India
Price: GBP 7.00 = appr. US$ 10.00 Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books
- Book number: A70050
- Book number: A70050
See more books from our catalog: General Non-Fiction