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)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Historical Fiction
Length16 hrs 55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK THE FIRST
32BOOK THE FOURTH
2Chapter I.
33Chapter I
3Chapter II
34Chapter II
4Chapter III
35Chapter III
5Chapter IV
36Chapter IV
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6Chapter V
37Chapter V
7Chapter VI
38Chapter VI
8Chapter VII
39Chapter VII
9Chapter VIII
40Chapter VIII
10BOOK THE SECOND
41Chapter IX
11Chapter I
42Chapter X
12Chapter II
43Chapter XI
13Chapter III
44Chapter XII
14Chapter IV
45Chapter XIII
15Chapter V
46Chapter XIV
16Chapter VI
47Chapter XV
17Chapter VII
48Chapter XVI
18Chapter VIII
49Chapter XVII
19Chapter IX
50BOOK THE FIFTH
20BOOK THE THIRD
51Chapter I
21Chapter I
52Chapter II
22Chapter II
53Chapter III
23Chapter III
54Chapter IV
24Chapter IV
55Chapter V
25Chapter V
56Chapter VI
26Chapter VI
57Chapter VII
27Chapter VII
58Chapter VIII
28Chapter VIII
59Chapter IX
29Chapter IX
60Chapter X
30Chapter X
61Chapter The Last
31Chapter XI
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