Length16h 55m
About this audiobook
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.[1] 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". (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Rating★★★★ 3.7 (6K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Historical Fiction
Length16 hrs 55 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK THE FIRST
26Chapter VI
2Chapter I.
27Chapter VII
3Chapter II
28Chapter VIII
4Chapter III
29Chapter IX
5Chapter IV
30Chapter X
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6Chapter V
31Chapter XI
7Chapter VI
32BOOK THE FOURTH
8Chapter VII
33Chapter I
9Chapter VIII
34Chapter II
10BOOK THE SECOND
35Chapter III
11Chapter I
36Chapter IV
12Chapter II
37Chapter V
13Chapter III
38Chapter VI
14Chapter IV
39Chapter VII
15Chapter V
40Chapter VIII
16Chapter VI
41Chapter IX
17Chapter VII
42Chapter X
18Chapter VIII
43Chapter XI
19Chapter IX
44Chapter XII
20BOOK THE THIRD
45Chapter XIII
21Chapter I
46Chapter XIV
22Chapter II
47Chapter XV
23Chapter III
48Chapter XVI
24Chapter IV
49Chapter XVII
25Chapter V
50BOOK THE FIFTH
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