Physical description
Plinys Letters
Author: Alfred Church & W. J. Brodribb
Publisher: William Blackwood & Sons
Editor: W. Lucas Collins.
Date: 1872
Publication type
non-fiction
Inscriptions & markings
The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT 876 PLI
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library.
Front loose end paper has a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service.
Summary
The subject book is a specific Victorian-era volume designed to bring classical Roman literature to the general public. It is an English overview, paraphrase, and translation of the epistles written by Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus), a prominent lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome who lived from roughly 61 to 113 AD. Instead of a dry, word-for-word translation, Church and Brodribb provided an accessible narrative that frames Pliny's life through his letters, providing a fascinating window into the Roman Empire.
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