The Last Days of Pompeii
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Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон. 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
BOOK THE FIFTH
Chapter I
Chapter II. THE AMPHITHEATRE
Chapter III. SALLUST AND NYDIA'S LETTER
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII. THE PROGRESS OF THE DESTRUCTION
Chapter VIII. ARBACES ENCOUNTERS GLAUCUS AND IONE
Chapter IX. THE DESPAIR OF THE LOVERS. THE CONDITION OF THE MULTITUDE
Chapter X. THE NEXT MORNING. THE FATE OF NYDIA
Chapter The Last
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'HO, Diomed, well met! Do you sup with Glaucus to-night?' said a young man of small stature, who wore his tunic in those loose and effeminate folds which proved him to be a gentleman and a coxcomb.
'Alas, no! dear Clodius; he has not invited me,' replied Diomed, a man of portly frame and of middle age. 'By Pollux, a scurvy trick! for they say his suppers are the best in Pompeii'.
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'He gapes to devour the gold,' whispered Lepidus to Sallust, in a quotation from the Aulularia of Plautus.
'Ah! how well I know these polypi, who hold all they touch,' answered Sallust, in the same tone, and out of the same play.
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