1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Urn:oclc:774912191 Scandate 20111010152622 Scanner . The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Paperback) Published January 1st 2007 by Canongate Books. OL675737W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 82.84 Pages 232 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1841958115 Now Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story - a tale of lust, greed and murder. She has her loom or sits by the window, waiting for her husband’s return. Immortalised in legend and myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husbands return. Urn:lcp:penelopiad00atwo:epub:b13e0c51-5147-4ab0-8ec4-ff0e716cb9c2 Extramarc Duke University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier penelopiad00atwo Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t23b71t6f Isbn 1841957178 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL22732648M Openlibrary_edition Review: The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood (2005) Penelope has been hailed throughout history as the loving, devoted, clever and faithful wife of Odysseus who waited patiently for twenty years for the return of her husband.
I particularly enjoyed the 21st-century courtroom scene, in one of the chapters where Odysseus is being tried for the murder of the twelve maids, with the judge referencing the book that is the main authority on the subject( The Odyssey). Urn:lcp:penelopiad00atwo:lcpdf:2dce5d99-4281-4427-8129-518787fced37 Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad is entertaining, witty and cleverly written. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:46:50 Boxid IA141002 Boxid_2 CH107001 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Edinburgh DonorĪllen_countydonation Edition American edition External-identifier
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