The Last Days of Pompeii (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- First Published: 1834
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 79
- Setting: Pompeii
- Principal Characters: Glaucus, Arbaces, Ione, Apaecides, Nydia
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Justice, Power, personal or social, Prisoners, Murder or homicide, Slavery or slaves, Good and evil, Corruption, Italy or Italians, Greek or Roman times, Priests, Volcanoes
- Locales: Pompeii
The Story:
Late one afternoon in the ancient city of Pompeii, the fashionable rich young men were congregating for the daily rite of the public baths. Among them were Clodius, a foppish Roman, and Glaucus, a popular young Greek. Together the two strolled toward the baths, mingling with slaves bearing bronze buckets and idlers gowned in purple robes. Along the way, they saw the beautiful blind flower seller, Nydia. She, too, was from Greece and for that reason Glaucus took an interest in her. It was still too early for the baths, and the two friends walked along the seafront as...
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