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The Last Days of Pompeii

Edward Bulwer-Lytton · 1834

Texte original en anglais. En français : Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi.

Quelques jours de la vie d'une ville romaine, et le volcan que personne ne regarde.

Roman · 56 parties · environ 148 000 mots · environ 10 h 45 de lecture

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BOOK THE FIRST

1. ITHE TWO GENTLEMEN OF POMPEII4 min
2. IITHE BLIND FLOWER-GIRL, AND THE BEAUTY OF FASHION. THE ATHENIAN'S CONFESSION. THE READER'S INTRODUCTION TO ARBACES OF EGYPT17 min
3. IIIPARENTAGE OF GLAUCUS. DESCRIPTION OF THE HOUSES OF POMPEII. CLASSIC REVEL25 min
4. IVTHE TEMPLE OF ISIS. ITS PRIEST. THE CHARACTER OF ARBACES DEVELOPS ITSELF14 min
5. VMORE OF THE FLOWER-GIRL. THE PROGRESS OF LOVE12 min
6. VITHE FOWLER SNARES AGAIN THE BIRD THAT HAD JUST ESCAPED, AND SETS HIS NETS FOR A NEW VICTIM19 min
7. VIITHE GAY LIFE OF THE POMPEIAN LOUNGER. A MINIATURE LIKENESS OF THE ROMAN BATHS15 min
8. VIIIARBACES COGS HIS DICE WITH PLEASURE AND WINS THE GAME21 min

BOOK THE SECOND

1. IA FLASH HOUSE IN POMPEII, AND THE GENTLEMEN OF THE CLASSIC RING12 min
2. IITWO WORTHIES7 min
3. IIIGLAUCUS MAKES A PURCHASE THAT AFTERWARDS COSTS HIM DEAR8 min
4. IVTHE RIVAL OF GLAUCUS PRESSES ONWARD IN THE RACE19 min
5. VTHE POOR TORTOISE. NEW CHANGES FOR NYDIA8 min
6. VITHE HAPPY BEAUTY AND THE BLIND SLAVE9 min
7. VIIIONE ENTRAPPED. THE MOUSE TRIES TO GNAW THE NET7 min
8. VIIITHE SOLITUDE AND SOLILOQUY OF THE EGYPTIAN. HIS CHARACTER ANALYSED17 min
9. IXWHAT BECOMES OF IONE IN THE HOUSE OF ARBACES. THE FIRST SIGNAL OF THE WRATH OF THE DREAD FOE16 min

BOOK THE THIRD

1. ITHE FORUM OF THE POMPEIANS. THE FIRST RUDE MACHINERY BY WHICH THE NEW ERA OF THE WORLD WAS WROUGHT8 min
2. IITHE NOONDAY EXCURSION ON THE CAMPANIAN SEAS14 min
3. IIITHE CONGREGATION14 min
4. IVTHE STREAM OF LOVE RUNS ON. WHITHER?17 min
5. VNYDIA ENCOUNTERS JULIA. INTERVIEW OF THE HEATHEN SISTER AND CONVERTED BROTHER. AN ATHENIAN'S NOTION OF CHRISTIANITY9 min
6. VITHE PORTER. THE GIRL. AND THE GLADIATOR11 min
7. VIITHE DRESSING-ROOM OF A POMPEIAN BEAUTY. IMPORTANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN JULIA AND NYDIA9 min
8. VIIIJULIA SEEKS ARBACES. THE RESULT OF THAT INTERVIEW9 min
9. IXSTORM IN THE SOUTH. THE WITCH'S CAVERN17 min
10. XTHE LORD OF THE BURNING BELT AND HIS MINION. FATE WRITES HER PROPHECY IN RED LETTERS, BUT WHO SHALL READ THEM?12 min
11. XIPROGRESS OF EVENTS. THE PLOT THICKENS. THE WEB IS WOVEN, BUT THE NET CHANGES HANDS11 min

BOOK THE FOURTH

1. IREFLECTIONS ON THE ZEAL OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS. TWO MEN COME TO A PERILOUS RESOLVE. WALLS HAVE EARS, PARTICULARLY SACRED WALLS5 min
2. IIA CLASSIC HOST, COOK, AND KITCHEN. APAECIDES SEEKS IONE. THEIR CONVERSATION17 min
3. IIIA FASHIONABLE PARTY AND A DINNER A LA MODE IN POMPEII25 min
4. IVTHE STORY HALTS FOR A MOMENT AT AN EPISODE7 min
5. VTHE PHILTRE. ITS EFFECT8 min
6. VIA REUNION OF DIFFERENT ACTORS. STREAMS THAT FLOWED APPARENTLY APART RUSH INTO ONE GULF17 min
7. VIIIN WHICH THE READER LEARNS THE CONDITION OF GLAUCUS. FRIENDSHIP TESTED. ENMITY SOFTENED. LOVE THE SAME, BECAUSE THE ONE LOVING IS BLIND15 min
8. VIIIA CLASSIC FUNERAL10 min
9. IXIN WHICH AN ADVENTURE HAPPENS TO IONE3 min
10. XWHAT BECOMES OF NYDIA IN THE HOUSE OF ARBACES. THE EGYPTIAN FEELS COMPASSION FOR GLAUCUS. COMPASSION IS OFTEN A VERY USELESS VISITOR TO THE GUILTY7 min
11. XINYDIA AFFECTS THE SORCERESS6 min
12. XIIA WASP VENTURES INTO THE SPIDER'S WEB6 min
13. XIIITHE SLAVE CONSULTS THE ORACLE. THEY WHO BLIND THEMSELVES THE BLIND MAY FOOL. TWO NEW PRISONERS MADE IN ONE NIGHT10 min
14. XIVNYDIA ACCOSTS CALENUS3 min
15. XVARBACES AND IONE. NYDIA GAINS THE GARDEN. WILL SHE ESCAPE AND SAVE THE ATHENIAN?12 min
16. XVITHE SORROW OF BOON COMPANIONS FOR OUR AFFLICTIONS. THE DUNGEON AND ITS VICTIMS12 min
17. XVIIA CHANCE FOR GLAUCUS22 min

BOOK THE FIFTH

1. I14 min
2. IITHE AMPHITHEATRE23 min
3. IIISALLUST AND NYDIA'S LETTER3 min
4. IVTHE AMPHITHEATRE ONCE MORE13 min
5. VTHE CELL OF THE PRISONER AND THE DEN OF THE DEAD. GRIEF UNCONSCIOUS OF HORROR5 min
6. VICALENUS AND BURBO. DIOMED AND CLODIUS. THE GIRL OF THE AMPHITHEATRE AND JULIA6 min
7. VIITHE PROGRESS OF THE DESTRUCTION7 min
8. VIIIARBACES ENCOUNTERS GLAUCUS AND IONE5 min
9. IXTHE DESPAIR OF THE LOVERS. THE CONDITION OF THE MULTITUDE6 min
10. XTHE NEXT MORNING. THE FATE OF NYDIA3 min
11. Chapter The Last8 min

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