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Carregando... The Last Days of Pompeii (1834)de Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. It tells the story of the virtuous Greeks Glaucus and Ione, their escape from Pompeii amid the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 ce, and their eventual conversion to Christianity, against a background of Roman decadence and corrupt Eastern religion. ( ) This is a richly written early 19th century novel. While the setting is suitably dramatic as per the title, the actual events of the impending eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii are very much in the background, against the central plot of the rivalry between the Egyptian priest Arbaces and the Greek Glaucus over the same woman, Ione. Another priest Apaceides (who has converted to Christianity) is murdered by Arbaces and Glaucus is framed it. About to face a hungry lion in the arena, he is only saved by the apocalypse itself. This novel is very melodramatic and theatrical to the modern reader, but I enjoyed its richness, despite some occasional overlong digressions - though even these had their poignancy when compared to the ruins found in recent times. La colonia romana, aristocrática y mercantil, de influencia griega y etrusca, exhibía su prosperidad en sus palacios, mercados, termas y teatros. En el año 79 una erupción del Vesubio la destruyó por completo. Unos pocos habitantes pudieron escapar, los demás murieron bajo varios metros de cenizas y piedras, asfixiados por los gases o abrasados por la lava. El amor entre Iona y Glauco es el centro de la historia magistralmente construida, donde el reflejo de costumbres, juegos y espectáculos de la ciudad es tan vivo como el de la psicología de los personajes o la destructiva furia del volcán. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Pertence à série publicadaEveryman's Library (80) Famosas novelas (77) — 7 mais Heyne-Buch (197) Junior Classics (Greystone Press) Library of Classics (Collins) World's Greatest Literature (Volume 16) Está contido emThe Collected Works of Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) de Edward-George Bulwer-Lytton Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton: "Los últimos días de Pompeya"; Ivan Bunin: "Sujodol", seguido de "Una aldea", seguido de "El maestro, seguido de "El primer amor" de AA.VV Gesammelte Romane und Erzählungen: Die letzten Tage von Pompeji Das Geschlecht der Zukunft Das Haus des schwarzen Magiers Die Pilger des Rheins ... aller Orten Tomlinsoniana (German Edition) de Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton Knebworth Edition. Zanoni, Last Days of Pompeii, My Novel I, Pelham, A Strange Story, Kenelm Chillingley, The Parisians II, The Coming Race, Falkland and Zicci, Lucretia, Night and Morning, Paul Clifford, The Disowned, Pausanias, Ernest Maltravers, The Caxtons, What Will he do with It, Devereux, de Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton ContémTem a adaptaçãoÉ resumida emTem como estudoTem como suplemento
The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by the baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834.The novel was inspired by the painting The Last Day of Pompeii by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. It culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.The novel uses its characters to contrast the decadent culture of 1st-century Rome with both older cultures and coming trends. The protagonist, Glaucus, represents the Greeks who have been subordinated by Rome, and his nemesis Arbaces the still older culture of Egypt. Olinthus is the chief representative of the nascent Christian religion, which is presented favourably but not uncritically. The Witch of Vesuvius, though she has no supernatural powers, shows Bulwer-Lytton's interest in the occult - a theme which would emerge in his later writing, particularly "The Coming Race". Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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