Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in ottava rima stanza form, Byron's Don Juan blends high drama with earthy humour, outrageous satire of his contemporaries (in particular Wordsworth and Southey) and sharp mockery of Western societies, with England coming under particular attack. 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.

Don Juan

Literature & Fiction

Lord George Gordon Byron

History & Criticism

Penguin Classics

The penultimate work in the Oxford English Text's Byron Series, this volume, described by Ian Jack as "one of the finest editions we have of any of the Romantic poets," contains all Byron's works of 1821 and 1822, including his late plays--The Two Foscari, Sardanapalus, Cain: A Mystery, andthe unfinished, The Deformed Transformed.

The Complete Poetical Works (|c OET |t Oxford English Texts)

Poetry

Oxford University Press

Includes among other poetical works Manfred, Byron's first experiments with Italian verse-forms and his first closet dramas.

Manfred and Other Poems (Cambridge Scholars Publishing Classics Texts)

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Contains Byron's major works of the last few years of his life, apart from 'Don Juan' including the 'regular' dramas, the Biblical 'mysteries' and the satire 'The Age of Bronze';.

Late Plays and Poems

Classics

Don Juan is perhaps Byron's greatest single work, a huge mock-epic that draws together many of the abiding concerns of his life and was one of the last poems he completed.

Don Juan (Cambridge Scholars Publishing Classics Texts)

Dramas & Plays