Georg Ebers - Ultimate Collection: 20+ Historical Novels & Short Stories (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. An Egyptian Princess, Uarda, The Emperor, Cleopatra, The Bride of the Nile…By Georg Ebers
Length280h 24m
About this audiobook
Georg Ebers - Ultimate Collection: 20+ Historical Novels & Short Stories gathers the major imaginative works of a writer who helped define the nineteenth-century historical novel of antiquity. Moving from pharaonic Egypt to the Hellenistic and early Christian worlds, and at times into later European history, these narratives combine romance, political intrigue, religious conflict, and richly staged social detail. Ebers's prose reflects the documentary ambitions of Victorian and Wilhelmine historicism: learned, picturesque, and animated by a belief that fiction can restore the texture of vanished civilizations. Ebers was not merely a novelist but a distinguished German Egyptologist, trained in the rigorous philological and archaeological methods of his age. His scholarly work, including his association with the famous Ebers Papyrus, gave him unusual authority in reconstructing ancient Egyptian life. Academic discipline and narrative imagination meet throughout his fiction, where antiquarian knowledge becomes the foundation for moral drama, cultural encounter, and historical speculation. This collection is recommended for readers interested in historical fiction before the modernist turn, especially those drawn to antiquity, biblical-era settings, and the scholarly romance. It offers both absorbing storytelling and a revealing glimpse into how nineteenth-century Europe imagined the ancient world.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Literary Classics
Length280 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 19, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Georg Ebers - Ultimate Collection: 20+ Historical Novels & Short Stories (Annotated)
26CHAPTER VII.
2Introduction
27CHAPTER VIII.
3Historical Context
28CHAPTER IX.
4Synopsis (Selection)
29CHAPTER X.
5Egyptian Cycle
30CHAPTER XI.
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6An Egyptian Princess
31CHAPTER XII.
7PREFACE
32CHAPTER XIII.
8BOOK 1. (pt. 1)
33CHAPTER XIV.
9BOOK 1. (pt. 2)
34CHAPTER XV.
10BOOK 1. (pt. 3)
35CHAPTER XVI.
11BOOK 1. (pt. 4)
36CHAPTER XVII.
12BOOK 2. (pt. 1)
37CHAPTER XVIII.
13BOOK 2. (pt. 2)
38CHAPTER XIX.
14BOOK 2. (pt. 3)
39CHAPTER XX.
15BOOK 2. (pt. 4)
40CHAPTER XXI.
16BOOK 2. (pt. 5)
41CHAPTER XXII.
17Uarda
42CHAPTER XXIII.
18PREFACE.
43CHAPTER XXIV.
19PREFACE TO THE FIFTH GERMAN EDITION.
44CHAPTER XXV.
20CHAPTER 1.
45CHAPTER XXVI.
21CHAPTER II.
46CHAPTER XXVII.
22CHAPTER III.
47CHAPTER XXVIII.
23CHAPTER IV.
48CHAPTER XXIX.
24CHAPTER V.
49CHAPTER XXX.
25CHAPTER VI.
50CHAPTER XXXI.
Arachne (Annotated)Georg Ebers14h 35m$2 · $0.00
Georg Ebers: Mittelalterromane & Historische Romane aus dem alten Ägypten (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers234h 43m$1 · $0.00
Serapis (Historischer Roman aus dem alten Ägypten) (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers14h 25m$2 · $0.00
Die Nilbraut (Historischer Roman aus dem alten Ägypten) (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers27h 35m$2 · $0.00
Die Schwestern - Geheimnis des Serapis-Tempels (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers12h 52m$1 · $0.00
A Thorny Path (Annotated)Georg Ebers23h 57m$2 · $0.00
Eine ägyptische Königstochter (Historischer Roman) (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers27h 26m$1 · $0.00
Gesammelte Werke (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers255h 8m$2 · $0.00
In the Fire of the Forge (Annotated)Georg Ebers17h 49m$2 · $0.00
The Sisters (Annotated)Georg Ebers11h 56m$2 · $0.00
Per aspera (Historischer Roman aus dem alten Ägypten) (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers26h 58m$2 · $0.00
Die Gred - Historischer Roman aus dem alten Nürnberg (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers18h 45m$1 · $0.00
Im Schmiedefeuer (Historischer Roman aus dem alten Nürnberg) (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers19h 55m$2.50 · $0.00
Kleopatra (Historischer Roman) (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers18h 23m$1 · $0.00
Ein Wort (Historischer Roman) (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers12h 53m$1 · $0.00
Cleopatra (Annotated)Georg Ebers16h 26m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Georg Ebers (Annotated)Georg Ebers268h 1m$2 · $0.00
Serapis (Annotated)Georg Ebers13h 4m$2 · $0.00
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The Stories from Ancient Egypt - 10 Novels in One Volume (Annotated)Georg Ebers180h 44m$2 · $0.00
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