"This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny."
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Time"William Arrowsmith's translation of The Satyricon meets the two fundamental requirements of the translator's art: perfect fidelity to the original and a vitality of style that tempts the reader to believe that the English version is not a translation.... A classic of literature."
–Allen Tate
"Arrowsmith's brilliant translation ... at one stroke renders every other version obsolete."
–London Times Literary Supplement