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The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (Paperback / softback, 2015)

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The Last Days of Pompeii - By Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. The Last Days of Pompeii is a vel written by the baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The vel was inspired by the painting The Last Day of Pompeii by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. Once a very widely read book and w relatively neglected, it culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The vel 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 t uncritically. The Witch of Vesuvius, though she has supernatural powers, shows Bulwer-Lytton's interest in the occult - a theme which would emerge in his later writing, particularly The Coming Race. A popular sculpture by American sculptor Randolph Rogers, Nydia, the Blind Flower Girl of Pompeii (1856) was based on a character from the book.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
CreateSpace
ISBN-10
1511591722
ISBN-13
9781511591720
eBay Product ID (ePID)
214377879

Product Key Features

Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Historical & Mythological Fiction
Author
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication
04/04/2015
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Country of Publication
United States

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