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ByronsexuberantmasterpiecetellsoftheadventuresofDonJuan,beginningwithhisillicitloveaffairattheageofsixteeninhisnativeSpainandhissubsequentexiletoItaly.Followingadramaticshipwreck,hisexploitstakehimtoGreece,whereheissoldasaslave,andtoRussia,wherehebecomesafavoriteoftheEmpressCatherinewhosendshimontoEngland.Writteninottavarimastanzaform,ByronsDonJuanblendshighdramawithearthyhumor,outrageoussatireofhiscontemporaries,andsharpmockeryofWesternsocieties,withEnglandcomingunderparticularattack.
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