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The age of fable

or, Beauties of mythology

Also known as Age of chivalry; or, King Arthur and his knights; Age of chivalry; or, Legends of King Arthur; Bulfinch's Mythology

by Thomas Bulfinch & Edward Everett Hale

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian
  • Content type: FictionJuvenilePrimary source
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"Bulfinch's Mythology" by Thomas Bulfinch is a collection published in 1867 that retells myths and legends for general readers. Drawing primarily from Greek and Roman mythology, Arthurian tales, and medieval romances, Bulfinch rewrote classical stories in accessible prose, removing explicit content while adding quotations from contemporary poets. His innovative approach connected ancient mythology to nineteenth-century literature, helping English-speaking audiences without classical language training understand the countless mythological references in their culture. The work became America's standard mythology text for nearly a century. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Folk literature”, “Folklore”, “folklore”, and 4 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Mythology” in the subtitle, “Legends” in the alternative title, “Mythology” in the alternative title, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Folklore”· via Internet Archive
    • “Mythology”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Mythology”· via Open Library
    • “Folk literature”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Legends”· via Open Library
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Gods”. Retained metadata contains “Gods” in the subject metadata, “Gods” in the edition title, and “Gods” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Gods”· via Internet Archive
    • “Gods”· in subject
    • “Gods”· in edition title
    • “Gods”· in edition subtitle

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Editions

Open Library reports 299 editions; 16 cataloged here.

The age of fable, or, Beauties of mythology

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1894-01-01T00:00:00ZBoston : Lothrop, Lee & ShepardEnglish—Public digitized item

Bulfinch's mythology

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1867-01-01T00:00:00ZNew York : Modern LibraryEnglish
  • 9780394604374
  • 0394604377
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Age of chivalry; or legends of King Arthur

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1863-01-01T00:00:00ZBoston, J.E. TiltonEnglish—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 169 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 299 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 57 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 9 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
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  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BL310 .B82
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BL310 .B84
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BL310 .B84 1855
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: aka Bulfinch's Mythology; New York: Review of Reviews Company, 1913
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: Boston: S. W. Tilton and Co., 1855
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: see also The Age of Fable
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