The Stories from Ancient Egypt - 10 Novels in One Volume (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. 10 Historical Classics by Egyptologist Georg EbersBy Georg Ebers
Length180h 44m
About this audiobook
The Stories from Ancient Egypt gathers ten of Georg Ebers's historical novels into a single panorama of Pharaonic, Ptolemaic, and early Christian worlds. Combining romance, political intrigue, religious conflict, and archaeological reconstruction, these narratives translate nineteenth-century Egyptology into vivid fiction. Ebers's style is richly descriptive, earnest, and antiquarian, shaped by the historical novel after Scott yet distinguished by its documentary ambition and fascination with ritual, architecture, medicine, and daily life. Georg Ebers (1837–1898) was not merely a novelist but a pioneering German Egyptologist, best known for acquiring the medical papyrus that bears his name. His scholarly training, travels in Egypt, and academic career gave his fiction unusual authority for its age. He wrote at a moment when European readers were newly captivated by ancient Egypt, and his novels sought to animate the past without severing it from philological and historical research. This volume is recommended to readers who enjoy expansive historical fiction grounded in serious scholarship. Though marked by Victorian-era sensibilities, Ebers's works remain compelling for their imaginative reconstruction of vanished civilizations and their insight into how modern Egyptology first entered popular literature.
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, Romance
Length180 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 19, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Emperor (Annotated)
68Homo Sum (pt. 3)
2Introduction
69Homo Sum (pt. 4)
3Historical Context
70Sisters (pt. 1)
4Synopsis (Selection)
71Sisters (pt. 2)
5An Egyptian Princess
72Sisters (pt. 3)
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6PREFACE
73Sisters (pt. 4)
7BOOK 1. (pt. 1)
74Sisters (pt. 5)
8BOOK 1. (pt. 2)
75The Emperor
9BOOK 1. (pt. 3)
76PREFACE.
10BOOK 1. (pt. 4)
77BOOK 1. (pt. 1)
11BOOK 2. (pt. 1)
78BOOK 1. (pt. 2)
12BOOK 2. (pt. 2)
79BOOK 1. (pt. 3)
13BOOK 2. (pt. 3)
80BOOK 1. (pt. 4)
14BOOK 2. (pt. 4)
81BOOK 1. (pt. 5)
15BOOK 2. (pt. 5)
82BOOK 2. (pt. 1)
16Uarda
83BOOK 2. (pt. 2)
17PREFACE.
84BOOK 2. (pt. 3)
18PREFACE TO THE FIFTH GERMAN EDITION.
85BOOK 2. (pt. 4)
19CHAPTER 1.
86BOOK 2. (pt. 5)
20CHAPTER II.
87Serapis (pt. 1)
21CHAPTER III.
88Serapis (pt. 2)
22CHAPTER IV.
89Serapis (pt. 3)
23CHAPTER V.
90Serapis (pt. 4)
24CHAPTER VI.
91Serapis (pt. 5)
25CHAPTER VII.
92The Bride of the Nile
26CHAPTER VIII.
93PREFACE.
27CHAPTER IX.
94BOOK 1. (pt. 1)
28CHAPTER X.
95BOOK 1. (pt. 2)
29CHAPTER XI.
96BOOK 1. (pt. 3)
30CHAPTER XII.
97BOOK 1. (pt. 4)
31CHAPTER XIII.
98BOOK 1. (pt. 5)
32CHAPTER XIV.
99BOOK 2. (pt. 1)
33CHAPTER XV.
100BOOK 2. (pt. 2)
34CHAPTER XVI.
101BOOK 2. (pt. 3)
35CHAPTER XVII.
102BOOK 2. (pt. 4)
36CHAPTER XVIII.
103BOOK 2. (pt. 5)
37CHAPTER XIX.
104Cleopatra (pt. 1)
38CHAPTER XX.
105Cleopatra (pt. 2)
39CHAPTER XXI.
106Cleopatra (pt. 3)
40CHAPTER XXII.
107Cleopatra (pt. 4)
41CHAPTER XXIII.
108Cleopatra (pt. 5)
42CHAPTER XXIV.
109Cleopatra (pt. 6)
43CHAPTER XXV.
110Cleopatra (pt. 7)
44CHAPTER XXVI.
111Arachne
45CHAPTER XXVII.
112BOOK 1. (pt. 1)
46CHAPTER XXVIII.
113BOOK 1. (pt. 2)
47CHAPTER XXIX.
114BOOK 1. (pt. 3)
48CHAPTER XXX.
115BOOK 2. (pt. 1)
49CHAPTER XXXI.
116BOOK 2. (pt. 2)
50CHAPTER XXXII.
117BOOK 2. (pt. 3)
51CHAPTER XXXIII.
118A Thorny Path (pt. 1)
52CHAPTER XXXIV.
119A Thorny Path (pt. 2)
53CHAPTER XXXV.
120A Thorny Path (pt. 3)
54CHAPTER XXXVI.
121A Thorny Path (pt. 4)
55CHAPTER XXXVII.
122A Thorny Path (pt. 5)
56CHAPTER XXXVIII.
123A Thorny Path (pt. 6)
57CHAPTER XXXIX.
124A Thorny Path (pt. 7)
58CHAPTER XL.
125A Thorny Path (pt. 8)
59CHAPTER XLI.
126A Thorny Path (pt. 9)
60CHAPTER XLII
127A Thorny Path (pt. 10)
61CHAPTER XLIII.
128The Story of My Life – Autobiography (pt. 1)
62CHAPTER XLIV.
129The Story of My Life – Autobiography (pt. 2)
63CHAPTER XLV.
130The Story of My Life – Autobiography (pt. 3)
64CHAPTER XLVI.
131The Story of My Life – Autobiography (pt. 4)
65CHAPTER XLVII.
132Analysis
66Homo Sum (pt. 1)
133Reflection
67Homo Sum (pt. 2)
134Memorable Quotes
Gesammelte Märchen (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers5h 21m$1 · $0.00
Uarda (Historischer Roman aus dem alten Ägypten) (Kommentiert)Georg Ebers23h 49m$2 · $0.00
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