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    <body><![CDATA[I have mixed feelings on this book.  I bought it to read because I heard it was a good resource to get caught up on Greek myths before my Literature GRE and I read a bit more than half of the book before giving up on it (p. 468).  While I really liked the excerpts from literature used when explainin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34688680">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thomas Bulfinch taught at Harvard College in the mid-1800s. He saw a need to collect myths and legends of the classical and later world, as these were important parts of the Western culture. Three books ensued: &quot;The Age of Fable,&quot; &quot;The Age of Chivalry,&quot; and &quot;Legends of Charl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74664661">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I know that this is one of the most popular books for teaching mythology in school, but I think that's a real shame.<br/><br/>Thomas Bulfinch is *far* more concerned with how the Greek and Roman myths are integrated into the literature of other cultures than he is with telling the stories of those...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60585848">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[well....its so far pretty good, i havent even finished the age of fable though.  A few problems though. The library lady lied to me: i asked for a book to introduce the greek gods and myths. in the stories, Bulfinch uses roman and latin names! even in the chapter dedicated to the greek gods, he used...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63859321">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having heard about Bulfinch's Mythology since childhood I finally broke down and read the Modern Library edition containing all three volumes of it.  Unsurprisingly, it was a bit of a disappointment, Bulfinch not being a scholar and his versions of the stories being mostly 19th century reworkings of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37690479">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A nice review of classic Greek mythology.  This version is a classic in itself.  It contains nice asides wherein the author lists excerpts from other classic works of literature when they reference the myth he is then reviewing.  <br/><br/>This book would be a nice introduction to Greek mythology,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16548653">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bulfinch's Mythology (Laurel Classic) by Thomas Bulfinch (1959)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good reference book.<br/><br/>Greek, Roman and Arthurian characters.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bulfinch&#039;s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch (1988)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this old friend...we go wayyyyy back!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is probably one of the core reading materials for anyone interested in European mythologies - covering Greco-Roman, Norse, and British stories in an educated and analytical fashion.  My only regret is not having more comprehensive tellings of the myths - I'm a fan for the longer Homeric version...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36395708">more...</a>]]></body>
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