{"product_id":"bulfinchs-mythology-the-age-of-fable-paperback-1","title":"Bulfinch's Mythology The Age of Fable - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. E. Hale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBulfinch's Mythology is a collection of general audience works by Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch, named after him and published after his death. The work was a highly successful popularization of Greek mythology for English-speaking readers. Carl J. Richard comments that it was \"one of the most popular books ever published in the United States and the standard work on classical mythology for nearly a century\", until the release of classicist Edith Hamilton's 1942 Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes . The book is a prose recounting of myths and stories from three eras: Greek and Roman mythology, King Arthur legends, and medieval romances. The stories are interspersed with his own commentary and with quotations from the writings of Bulfinch's contemporaries which contain a reference to the story under discussion. This combination of classical elements and modern literature was novel for his time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 446\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42117533794439,"sku":"9781492114031","price":24.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3b010f6d99d79ff39bdb890d429e1c20.webp?v=1732525462","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/bulfinchs-mythology-the-age-of-fable-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}