Apuleius

You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I checked this out based on the title alone. Who wouldn’t want to read a book titled “The Golden Ass”? Summary The main character Lucius is obsessed with magic. Through a series of events he ends up accidentally being transformed into an ass. Evidently, this is the only entire novel that has survived from ancient Rome. The style is that of a main story with many short stories injected by various devices such as someone retelling a rumor, campfire stories etc. ...