THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII

The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by the baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. 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 olde...

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THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII

BOOK THE FIRST Chapter I. THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF POMPEII.
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V MORE OF THE FLOWER-GIRL. THE PROGRESS OF LOVE.
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII ARBACES COGS HIS DICE WITH PLEASURE AND WINS THE GAME.
BOOK THE SECOND Chapter I A FLASH HOUSE IN POMPEII, AND THE GENTLEMEN OF THE CLASSIC RING.
Chapter II TWO WORTHIES.
Chapter III GLAUCUS MAKES A PURCHASE THAT AFTERWARDS COSTS HIM DEAR.
Chapter IV THE RIVAL OF GLAUCUS PRESSES ONWARD IN THE RACE.
Chapter V THE POOR TORTOISE. NEW CHANGES FOR NYDIA.
Chapter VI THE HAPPY BEAUTY AND THE BLIND SLAVE.
Chapter VII IONE ENTRAPPED. THE MOUSE TRIES TO GNAW THE NET.
Chapter VIII THE SOLITUDE AND SOLILOQUY OF THE EGYPTIAN. HIS CHARACTER ANALYSED.
Chapter IX
BOOK THE THIRD Chapter I
Chapter II THE NOONDAY EXCURSION ON THE CAMPANIAN SEAS.
Chapter III THE CONGREGATION.
Chapter IV THE STREAM OF LOVE RUNS ON. WHITHER?
Chapter V
Chapter VI THE PORTER. THE GIRL. AND THE GLADIATOR.
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII JULIA SEEKS ARBACES. THE RESULT OF THAT INTERVIEW.
Chapter IX STORM IN THE SOUTH. THE WITCH'S CAVERN.
Chapter X
Chapter XI
BOOK THE FOURTH Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III A FASHIONABLE PARTY AND A DINNER A LA MODE IN POMPEII.
Chapter IV THE STORY HALTS FOR A MOMENT AT AN EPISODE.
Chapter V THE PHILTRE. ITS EFFECT.
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII A CLASSIC FUNERAL.
Chapter IX IN WHICH AN ADVENTURE HAPPENS TO IONE.
Chapter X
Chapter XI NYDIA AFFECTS THE SORCERESS.
Chapter XII A WASP VENTURES INTO THE SPIDER'S WEB.
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV NYDIA ACCOSTS CALENUS.
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII A CHANCE FOR GLAUCUS.

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