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The Golden Asse

Lucius Apuleius (1923)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.85
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentExplicit
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Sexual AssaultTransformationBody HorrorSlaveryViolence

Positive tags

AdventureHumorRedemption ArcSelf-Discovery

Hero archetypes

Cursed HeroFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Transformed Protagonist

Tropes

TransformationFish out of WaterQuestShapeshiftersComing of AgeRoad TripPicaresque

Themes

TransformationCuriosity and ConsequenceIdentityFortune and FateHuman NatureRedemptionThe Sacred and the Profane

Synopsis

To the Right Honourable and Mighty Lord, THOMAS EARLE OF SUSSEX, Viscount Fitzwalter, Lord of Egremont and of Burnell, Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, Iustice of the forrests and Chases from Trent Southward; Captain of the Gentleman Pensioners of the House of the QUEENE our Soveraigne Lady.

Tags

Picaresque NovelClassical LiteratureSatirical FantasyMythological Fantasy