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What are the promising Egyptian tales?
by basch 5y ago
What are the promising Egyptian tales?
- wl 5y agoIt's probably not what GP was thinking of because it's not relatively late and reasonably complete, but Sinuhe is probably the greatest surviving work of Middle Egyptian fiction.
- handrous 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_Wenamun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_Wenamun Looks like some people think it is complete, in which case, it's just not particularly good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_of_the_Doomed_Prince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_of_the_Doomed_Prince There are a few complete ones that are OK, relatively speaking. They're all pretty short and there aren't that many stories from pre-classical Egypt, so if you're interested, I'd say track them down and give them a try, but don't expect easy reads. I guess part of why I favor those two, especially the latter, is that I can imagine they might become great, when whole.