--- product_id: 66063348 title: "The Aeneid: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)" price: "£18.05" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/66063348-the-aeneid-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Sumptuous golden cover & milled edges Classic epic in deluxe format High-octane, vivid modern translation The Aeneid: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) **Price:** £18.05 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Own the legend. Read the epic. Join the elite. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Aeneid: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - **How much does it cost?** £18.05 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/66063348-the-aeneid-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Timeless Cultural Icon:** A foundational Western epic that connects you to the roots of Roman civilization and myth. - • **Collector’s Dream Edition:** Luxurious deluxe packaging with golden cover and milled page edges elevates your bookshelf status. - • **Epic Storytelling Reimagined:** Robert Fagles’s dynamic present-tense translation brings ancient heroism to life with cinematic intensity. - • **Critically Acclaimed Masterpiece:** 4.6-star rating from over 1,000 readers confirms its enduring appeal and readability. - • **Perfect for the Modern Intellectual:** Balances scholarly gravitas with accessible, page-turning drama—ideal for busy professionals craving depth. ## Overview The Aeneid: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition features Robert Fagles’s acclaimed present-tense translation of Virgil’s epic poem, presented in a beautifully crafted deluxe edition with a golden cover and milled page edges. Celebrated for its vivid storytelling and scholarly precision, this edition ranks highly in war poetry and classical literature categories, making it a must-have for literary connoisseurs and professionals seeking a blend of cultural heritage and modern readability. ## Description Robert Fagles's latest achievement completes the magnificent triptych of Western epics. A sweeping story of arms and heroism, The Aeneid follows the adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and fulfills his destiny as founder of the Roman people. Retaining all of the gravitas and humanity of the original, this powerful blend of poetry and myth remains as relevant today as when it was first written. Review: Energised, high octane drama! Fagles' translation is superb, and the packaging is sumptuous. - PLEASE BE AWARE ~ This review is for the Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition only. desertcart have replicated my review on the Oxford Classics edition webpage which is inaccurate. If I'd gone on the strength of the pitiful reviews on here, I'd never have bought this version and would, instead, have opted for perhaps the Oxford Classics version. However, a personal twist of fate (American partner bought this, and I wanted to keep abreast) meant me purchasing this over another. I can't speak highly enough, especially given the trepidation I felt before receiving it. Fagles' translation is superb, and for anyone new to Aeneid, you're in for a serious treat. If the Aeneid was a film, it would be something high octane, probably directed by Ridley Scott or James Cameron (the good ones!). The language is powerful, luxurious, surging forward off the pages. Fagles' use of present tense does not damage the experience for me whatsoever. If anything, it brings the experience of this adventure to the fore. In short, a page-turner. It's exciting. Take, for example, this wonderful early description of King Aeolus' Winds that he keeps locked up: "With such anger seething inside her fiery heart the goddess reached Aeolia, breeding-ground of storms, their home swarming with raging gusts from the South. Here in a vast cave King Aeolus rules the winds, brawling to break free, howling in full gale force as he chains them down in their dungeon, shackled fast. They bluster in protest, roaring round their prison bars with a mountain above them all, booming with their rage. But high in his stronghold Aeolus wields his scepter, soothing their passions, tempering their fury. Should he fail, surely they'd blow the world away, hurling the land and sea and deep sky through space. Fearing this, the almighty Father banished the winds to that black cavern, piled above them a mountain mass and imposed on all a king empowered, by binding pact, to rein them back on command or let them gallop free." Stunning. I have to say, Penguin have done a lovely job with the deluxe classic editions they're printing. Mine has a different, golden cover, and the page edges are milled. I'm not sure what this edition is like, but it is also a deluxe edition so I imagine it's pretty sumptuous. (Edit ~ the stock photo now shows the same version I have). Incidentally, the reviews on desertcart.com are far more balanced and informing and if you're deliberating over which edition might suit you best, you could do worse than taking stock of what folks the other side of the pond are saying about this. Review: Wow - What a long read, never ending but very interesting. Easy to understand. ## Features - Penguin Books ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 31,264 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 17 in War Poetry (Books) 90 in Classical, Early & Medieval Poetry 782 in Myths & Fairy Tales | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,060 Reviews | ## Images ![The Aeneid: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81jIGu3WroL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Energised, high octane drama! Fagles' translation is superb, and the packaging is sumptuous. *by H***M on 28 December 2014* PLEASE BE AWARE ~ This review is for the Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition only. Amazon have replicated my review on the Oxford Classics edition webpage which is inaccurate. If I'd gone on the strength of the pitiful reviews on here, I'd never have bought this version and would, instead, have opted for perhaps the Oxford Classics version. However, a personal twist of fate (American partner bought this, and I wanted to keep abreast) meant me purchasing this over another. I can't speak highly enough, especially given the trepidation I felt before receiving it. Fagles' translation is superb, and for anyone new to Aeneid, you're in for a serious treat. If the Aeneid was a film, it would be something high octane, probably directed by Ridley Scott or James Cameron (the good ones!). The language is powerful, luxurious, surging forward off the pages. Fagles' use of present tense does not damage the experience for me whatsoever. If anything, it brings the experience of this adventure to the fore. In short, a page-turner. It's exciting. Take, for example, this wonderful early description of King Aeolus' Winds that he keeps locked up: "With such anger seething inside her fiery heart the goddess reached Aeolia, breeding-ground of storms, their home swarming with raging gusts from the South. Here in a vast cave King Aeolus rules the winds, brawling to break free, howling in full gale force as he chains them down in their dungeon, shackled fast. They bluster in protest, roaring round their prison bars with a mountain above them all, booming with their rage. But high in his stronghold Aeolus wields his scepter, soothing their passions, tempering their fury. Should he fail, surely they'd blow the world away, hurling the land and sea and deep sky through space. Fearing this, the almighty Father banished the winds to that black cavern, piled above them a mountain mass and imposed on all a king empowered, by binding pact, to rein them back on command or let them gallop free." Stunning. I have to say, Penguin have done a lovely job with the deluxe classic editions they're printing. Mine has a different, golden cover, and the page edges are milled. I'm not sure what this edition is like, but it is also a deluxe edition so I imagine it's pretty sumptuous. (Edit ~ the stock photo now shows the same version I have). Incidentally, the reviews on amazon.com are far more balanced and informing and if you're deliberating over which edition might suit you best, you could do worse than taking stock of what folks the other side of the pond are saying about this. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow *by J***S on 19 June 2024* What a long read, never ending but very interesting. Easy to understand. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautifully made *by P***D on 8 August 2025* A classic, beautifully made. The rough cut of the pages feels wonderful in the hand. 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