num_pages: 224
description: There have been many editions of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Some are prose translations which faithfully mirror the thought and imagery of the original, others are in verse of varying degrees of excellence, but none has won such universal favour as that by Edward FitzGerald (1809-83).This book contains the First, Second, and Fifth Editions in full, together with the textual variations in the Thid and Fourth Editions, thus providing he reader with a complete rendition of FitzGerald's work on The Rubáiyát, over a period of more than twenty-five years.There are, in addition, a general Introduction by Laurence Houseman, an essay on FitzGerald by G.F. Maine, FitzGerald's essay on Omar, the Notes to the second Edition, which contains the largest number of quatrains (110), and a Glossary.The illustrations which so splendidly adorn this edition were specially drawn for this edition by Robert Stewart Sherrifs.
language: Persian
title: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
titlecomplete: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
genres: Literature, Fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Islam, Asia, Spirituality, Religion, Iran, Classics
ratings_count: 21780
places: Persia
publisher: Collins Clear-Type Press