Chattering Courtesans and Other Sardonic Sketches

Nov 29, 2025 12:04 PM

Author:Lucian,Keith Sidwell

Described by a later Greek historian as "a man seriously committed to raising a laugh", Lucian exulted in the exposure of absurdity and the puncturing of pretension, and was capable of finding a comic angle on almost any subject. In this selection we see him conversing with his literary enemies, railing against hypocrisy and the vanity of human wealth and power, and taking a wry look at the power of lust and the unsatisfactory nature of deviant sexual practices.

Reviews

Warm and witty

—— Woman's Own

Pacy, entertaining

—— You Magazine

Take this book on holiday and you’ll come home bursting with exciting plans to shake up your life

—— Cosmopolitan

The leading comic romantic novelist of her generation

—— Guardian

This is one to gobble up in a single sitting

—— Company

Hugely enjoyable

—— heat

A witty novel about love

—— B

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