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The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by the baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The novel 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 now relatively neglected, it culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The novel 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 not uncritically.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–73), also known as Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, assumed his name in 1843 when he inherited the Lytton estate "Knebworth." He was named Baron Lytton of Knebworth in 1866. Many of his early novels of manners -- Falkland (1827), Paul Clifford (1830), and Eugene Aram (1832) -- reflect the influence of his friend William Godwin. Bulwer-Lytton, however, is best remembered for his extremely well-researched historical novels, particularly The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) and Rienzi (1835). A member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841, Bulwer-Lytton was a reformer, but in 1852 he returned to Parliament as a Conservative. In 1858 he was appointed colonial secretary. He was also a successful dramatist.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1517679591
- ISBN 13 9781517679590
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages456
- IllustratorWhite C. H.
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