The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
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"The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" by Omar Khayyam is a translation published in 1859 by Edward FitzGerald, rendering Persian quatrains into English. Initially a commercial failure, the work became wildly popular throughout the English-speaking world by the 1880s, inspiring clubs and a "fin de siècle cult." The poems spark enduring debate: Are they expressions of religious skepticism and Epicurean philosophy, or mystical Sufi verses misunderstood by their translator? The authenticity of the
quatrains themselves remains deeply uncertain. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Omar Khayyam, 1048-1122 |
|---|---|
| Translator | FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883 |
| Title | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam |
| Credits | Produced by Judy Boss, Gregory Walker, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures |
| Subject | Persian poetry -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 246 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-00246-0 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 1995 |
| Last Update | Jul 9, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 4082 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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