Length2h 48m
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Another magical tale from literary fraudster F.W. Bain, supposedly translated from an ancient Sanscrit text but most probably written by the author. The god Maheshwara and his consort Párwatí are flying over the desert when they see a mirage, which the Hindus call the "thirst of the antelope", and the skeleton of a camel. Maheshwara tells the story of how those bones came to be there; a sad story of love, the human mirageDuring Bain's life, argument raged about whether his stories were truly a translation from Sanskrit, as he claimed them to be, or whether Bain had written it himself. While some early reviewers took his statements at face value, many did not. A contemporary review said, in part: "Though palpably a pretence, they are graceful fancies, and might as well have appeared for what they really are instead of masquerading as "translations". No Hindu, unless of this generation and under foreign influence, ever conceived these stories. . . . Moreover, they are of a strict propriety, whereas original Hindu love stories would put Rabelais's ghost to the blush." The book contains numerous footnotes referring to Sanskrit puns and wordplay that the author claimed to have been unable to render in English. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length2 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 24, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFATORY NOTE TO SECOND EDITION.
13DAY 9.
2PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION,
14DAY 10.
3CONTENTS.
15DAY 11.
4INTRODUCTION.
16DAY 12.
5DAY 1.
17DAY 13.
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6DAY 2.
18DAY 14.
7DAY 3.
19DAY 15.
8DAY 4.
20DAY 16.
9DAY 5.
21DAY 17.
10DAY 6.
22DAY 18.
11DAY 7
23DAY 19.
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