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The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

ByEdward George Bulwer-Lytton

The story concerns four people in Pompeii in the period leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried the city in ash in AD 79. They are Glaucus, a Greek-born, rich young man who is a bit of a rake (he gambles on the gladiatorial games) but fundamentally decent; Ione, his lover (in the author's words, "The wealth of her graces was inexhaustible -- she beautified the commonest action; a word, a look from her, seemed magic. Love her, and you entered into a new world, you passed from this trite and common-place earth"); Nydia, a blind slave girl passionately and uselessly in love with Glaucus; and Arbaces, a brilliantly malevolent high priest of the cult of Isis.

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Publication Date
Mar 5, 2012
Language
English
ISBN
9781471089985
Category
Fiction
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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Format
EPUB

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