Book Cover of Last Days of Pompeii

Last Days of Pompeii

by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

The Last Days of Pompeii, a novel by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton tells the love story of the Greeks Glaucus and Ione who were living in Pompeii when Mt. Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the city. But aside from telling their romance, the book is also full of insights about the decadent lifestyle of the Romans during the later part of their empire’s history. The different characters in the story represent the different civilizations which they come from. Glaucus, the main protagonist in the novel was portrayed as a handsome Greek nobleman. His main love interest, Ione was a very beautiful Greek who ended up in Pompeii after being orphaned while she was still a child. Then, there’s also Arbaces, an Egyptian who was the guardian of Ione. He’s the villain in the novel and repeatedly attempted to seduce Ione but failed. Edward George Bulwer-Lytton interestingly set the story in Pompeii during the time when Roman society was already decaying. In the novel, Glaucus and Ione met and fall in love with each other. When Arbaces learned about this he cleverly devised a plan so that Glaucus will be convicted of a murder that he never committed. But as Glaucus was about to be fed to the lions in the amphitheatre as his punishment, the truth is revealed as to who really committed the murder. Don't miss the end of this story to find how who the real culprit was and what the final fate of Pompeii would be. This book is definitely a good read for those who are looking for an interesting love story and at the same time to learn more about ancient Roman civilization.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1834

Genre/Category

Tags/Keywords

Authors

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton image

Bulwer-Lytton's literary career began in 1820 with the publication of a book of poems and spanned much of the 19th century. He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, roma...

Books by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

An International Episode Cover image

An International Episode by Henry James

Two men visiting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, miscommunicat...

מרים Miriam Cover image

מרים Miriam by מיכה יוסף ברדיצ'בסקי Micha Josef Berdyczewski

Miriam, a young Jewish girl living in a small town in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century, finds herself caught between the rigid traditions...

Yellow Butterflies Cover image

Yellow Butterflies by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

The title of this historical fiction could as well have been "A Soldier’s Mother" or “An Unknown Soldier”. There are indeed butterflies, and there is...

The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races Cover image

The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races by Oscar Micheaux

It tells a captivating story about the complex issues of race and class in early 20th-century America. Published in 1935, "The Forged Note" centers a...

Innocencia: a story of the prairie regions of Brazil Cover image

Innocencia: a story of the prairie regions of Brazil by Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay

Itakes place in the prairie regions of Brazil and focuses on the life of a young woman named Innocencia. The novel provides a vivid and intimate portr...

The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 05 Cover image

The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 05 by Richard Francis Burton

One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in Englis...

Scenes in Europe, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers Cover image

Scenes in Europe, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers by Isaac Taylor

Imagine traveling to Europe without leaving your home! Scenes in Europe, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers by Isaa...

Porgy Cover image

Porgy by DuBose Heyward

The novel tells the story of Porgy, a crippled street beggar living in the black tenements of Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1920s. The character...

Oldtown Folks  Cover image

Oldtown Folks by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Oldtown Folks is an 1869 novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is written from the first-person perspective of a young man named Horace Holyoke,...

Spell of Egypt Cover image

Spell of Egypt by Robert Smythe Hichens

The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made to Egypt,...

Reviews for Last Days of Pompeii

No reviews posted or approved, yet...