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THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII. by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Contents
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
'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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You enter by a long and narrow vestibule, on the floor of which is the image of a dog in mosaic, with the well-known 'Cave canem'—or 'Beware the dog'. On either side is a chamber of some size; for the interior part of the house not being large enough to contain the two great divisions of private and public apartments, these two rooms were set apart for the reception of visitors who neither by rank nor familiarity were entitled to admission in the penetralia of the mansion.
Advancing up the vestibule you enter an atrium, that when first discovered was rich in paintings, which in point of expression would scarcely disgrace a Rafaele. You may see them now transplanted to the Neapolitan Museum: they are still the admiration of connoisseurs—they depict the parting of Achilles and Briseis. Who does not acknowledge the force, the vigour, the beauty, employed in delineating the forms and faces of Achilles and the immortal slave!
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