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The Last Days of Pompeii
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A historical novel of Pompeii before Vesuvius, mixing romance, religion, politics, and catastrophe.
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The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii reconstructs Roman urban life on the edge of disaster. Bulwer-Lytton combines love plots, social intrigue, gladiatorial spectacle, Egyptian religion, early Christianity, and the eruption of Vesuvius into a famous nineteenth-century historical romance.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton died in 1873, and The Last Days of Pompeii was first published in 1834; these dates support the public-domain basis for the original English text.
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The Last Days of Pompeii
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Capítulo de préviaTHE LAST DAYS OF POMPEIIPrévia
by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
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BOOK THE FIRST
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- 01Full text
- 02THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII
- 03BOOK THE FIRST
- 04Chapter I.
- 05THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF POMPEII.
- 06Chapter II
- 07THE BLIND FLOWER-GIRL'S SONG
- 08I.
- 09II.
- 10Chapter III
- 11PARENTAGE OF GLAUCUS. DESCRIPTION OF THE HOUSES OF POMPEII. CLASSIC REVEL.
- 12THE EVENING HYMN OF THE HOURS
- 13Chapter IV
- 14THE TEMPLE OF ISIS. ITS PRIEST. THE CHARACTER OF ARBACES DEVELOPS ITSELF.
- 15Chapter V
- 16MORE OF THE FLOWER-GIRL. THE PROGRESS OF LOVE.
- 17Chapter VI
- 18Chapter VII
- 19THE GAY LIFE OF THE POMPEIAN LOUNGER. A MINIATURE LIKENESS OF THE ROMAN BATHS.
- 20Chapter VIII
- 21ARBACES COGS HIS DICE WITH PLEASURE AND WINS THE GAME.
- 22THE HYMN OF EROS
- 23ANACREONTIC
- 24BACCHIC HYMNS TO THE IMAGE OF DEATH
- 25BOOK THE SECOND
- 26Chapter I
- 27A FLASH HOUSE IN POMPEII, AND THE GENTLEMEN OF THE CLASSIC RING.
- 28Chapter II
- 29TWO WORTHIES.
- 30Chapter III
- 31GLAUCUS MAKES A PURCHASE THAT AFTERWARDS COSTS HIM DEAR.
- 32Chapter IV
- 33THE RIVAL OF GLAUCUS PRESSES ONWARD IN THE RACE.
- 34Chapter V
- 35THE POOR TORTOISE. NEW CHANGES FOR NYDIA.
- 36Chapter VI
- 37THE HAPPY BEAUTY AND THE BLIND SLAVE.
- 38Chapter VII
- 39IONE ENTRAPPED. THE MOUSE TRIES TO GNAW THE NET.
- 40Chapter VIII
- 41THE SOLITUDE AND SOLILOQUY OF THE EGYPTIAN. HIS CHARACTER ANALYSED.
- 42Chapter IX
- 43BOOK THE THIRD
- 44Chapter I
- 45Chapter II
- 46THE NOONDAY EXCURSION ON THE CAMPANIAN SEAS.
- 47NYDIA'S LOVE-SONG
- 48THE SONG OF GLAUCUS
- 49THE BIRTH OF LOVE
- 50Chapter III
- 51THE CONGREGATION.
- 52Chapter IV
- 53THE STREAM OF LOVE RUNS ON. WHITHER?
- 54THE APOLOGY FOR PLEASURE
- 55Chapter V
- 56TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
- 57Chapter VI
- 58THE PORTER. THE GIRL. AND THE GLADIATOR.
- 59Chapter VII
- 60Chapter VIII
- 61JULIA SEEKS ARBACES. THE RESULT OF THAT INTERVIEW.
- 62Chapter IX
- 63STORM IN THE SOUTH. THE WITCH'S CAVERN.
- 64Chapter X
- 65Chapter XI
- 66BOOK THE FOURTH
- 67Chapter I
- 68Chapter II
- 69A CLASSIC HOST, COOK, AND KITCHEN. APAECIDES SEEKS IONE. THEIR CONVERSATION.
- 70REGRETS FOR CHILDHOOD
- 71Chapter III
- 72A FASHIONABLE PARTY AND A DINNER A LA MODE IN POMPEII.
- 73FESTIVE MUSIC SHOULD BE LOW
- 74THE CORONATION OF THE LOVES
- 75Chapter IV
- 76THE STORY HALTS FOR A MOMENT AT AN EPISODE.
- 77Chapter V
- 78THE PHILTRE. ITS EFFECT.
- 79Chapter VI
- 80Chapter VII
- 81Chapter VIII
- 82A CLASSIC FUNERAL.
- 83THE FUNERAL DIRGE
- 84HYMN TO THE WIND
- 85SALVE ETERNUM
- 86Chapter IX
- 87IN WHICH AN ADVENTURE HAPPENS TO IONE.
- 88Chapter X
- 89Chapter XI
- 90NYDIA AFFECTS THE SORCERESS.
- 91Chapter XII
- 92A WASP VENTURES INTO THE SPIDER'S WEB.
- 93Chapter XIII
- 94INVOCATION TO THE SPECTRE OF THE AIR
- 95Chapter XIV
- 96NYDIA ACCOSTS CALENUS.
- 97Chapter XV
- 98ARBACES AND IONE. NYDIA GAINS THE GARDEN. WILL SHE ESCAPE AND SAVE THE ATHENIAN?
- 99Chapter XVI
- 100THE SORROW OF BOON COMPANIONS FOR OUR AFFLICTIONS. THE DUNGEON AND ITS VICTIMS.
- 101Chapter XVII
- 102A CHANCE FOR GLAUCUS.
- 103EPICUREAN SONG
- 104THE WARNING HYMN OF THE NAZARENES
- 105TRAMP! TRAMP! HOW GAILY THEY GO! HO, HO! FOR THE MORROW'S MERRY SHOW!
- 106BOOK THE FIFTH
- 107Chapter I
- 108THE DREAM OF ARBACES. A VISITOR AND A WARNING TO THE EGYPTIAN.
- 109Chapter II
- 110THE AMPHITHEATRE.
- 111Chapter III
- 112SALLUST AND NYDIA'S LETTER.
- 113Chapter IV THE AMPHITHEATRE ONCE MORE.
- 114Chapter V
- 115THE CELL OF THE PRISONER AND THE DEN OF THE DEAD. GRIEF UNCONSCIOUS OF HORROR.
- 116Chapter VI
- 117CALENUS AND BURBO. DIOMED AND CLODIUS. THE GIRL OF THE AMPHITHEATRE AND JULIA.
- 118Chapter VII
- 119THE PROGRESS OF THE DESTRUCTION.
- 120Chapter VIII
- 121ARBACES ENCOUNTERS GLAUCUS AND IONE.
- 122Chapter IX
- 123THE DESPAIR OF THE LOVERS. THE CONDITION OF THE MULTITUDE.
- 124'THE HOUR IS COME!'
- 125Chapter X
- 126THE NEXT MORNING. THE FATE OF NYDIA.
- 127Chapter The Last
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