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Cu acțiunea plasată în Roma anului 64 d.Hr., în timpul domniei împăratului Nero, romanul Quo vadis are în centrul său povestea de dragoste dint… Plus…

Cu acțiunea plasată în Roma anului 64 d.Hr., în timpul domniei împăratului Nero, romanul Quo vadis are în centrul său povestea de dragoste dintre Ligia, o tânără creștină, și Marcus Vinicius, un patrician roman. În ciuda tuturor vicisitudinilor, într-o epocă violentă și coruptă, dragostea îl duce pe tânărul roman pe calea blândeți și a înălțării spirituale. Pentru a-și putea uni soarta cu aleasa inimii lui, sub oblăduirea Sfântului Apostol Pavel, devine el însuși creștin.Alături de personajele fictive, în carte evoluează o serie de figuri istorice reale, începând cu însuși împăratul despre care se spune că a dat foc Romei. Persecuțiile și cruzimile împotriva primilor creștini, concomitent cu descompunerea morală a societății romane a vremii constituie fundalul istoric al desfășurării acțiunii. Personalitate marcantă a literaturii polone și universale, Henryk Sienkiewicz a primit Premiul Nobel „pentru meritele sale excepționale ca scriitor epic“.Sigur, am citit Quo vadis, iar mai târziu am recitit-o de mai multe ori. […] Este o carte care a făcut și va face mult bine. Mi se spune că se tipărește iarăși și se vinde bine în toate limbile. Mă bucur ca polonez, dar și ca bun creștin. Papa Ioan Paul al II-lea Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, Lulu.com Digital >16<

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Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature. A brilliant Polish writer and patriot, he is possibly best known abroad for his monumental historical epic Quo Vadis… Plus…

Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature. A brilliant Polish writer and patriot, he is possibly best known abroad for his monumental historical epic Quo Vadis that portrays the vibrant and dissonant combination of cruel excesses and decadence of Rome during the reign of the corrupt Emperor Nero and the high faith of the emerging era of early Christianity. Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, is a love story of Marcus Vinicius, a passionate young Roman tribune, and Lygia Callina, a beautiful and gentle Christian maiden of royal Lygian descent and a hostage of Rome, raised in a patrician home. At first Marcus, a typical aristocratic Roman libertine of his time, has no notion of love and merely desires Lygia with erotic animalistic intensity. Through political machinations of the elegant Petronius he contrives to have her taken by force from her foster home and into the decadent and terrible splendor of the court of Ceasar, setting in motion a course of events that culminate in his own spiritual redemption. Intricately researched, populated with vibrant historical figures, and gorgeous period detail, bloody spectacle and intimate beauty, this is an epic tapestry of the triumph of love, faith and sacrifice. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, Lulu.com Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781291617740

Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, commonly known as Quo Vadis, is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Polish. Quo vadis Domine is Latin for Where are you goi… Plus…

Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, commonly known as Quo Vadis, is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Polish. Quo vadis Domine is Latin for Where are you going, Lord? and alludes to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, in which Peter flees Rome but on his way meets Jesus and asks him why he is going to Rome. Jesus says, I am going back to be crucified again, which makes Peter go back to Rome and accept martyrdom.The novel Quo Vadis tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman, Ligia (or Lygia), and Marcus Vinicius, a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of emperor Nero, c. AD 64.Sienkiewicz studied the Roman Empire extensively prior to writing the novel, with the aim of getting historical details correct. Consequently, several historical figures appear in the book. As a whole, the novel carries an outspoken pro-Christian message.[citation needed]Published in installments in three Polish dailies in 1895, it came out in book form in 1896 and has since been translated into more than 50 languages. This novel contributed to Sienkiewicz's Nobel Prize for literature in 1905. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, Lulu.com Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781291617740

Marcus Vinicius is a passionate Roman tribune; Lygia Callina is a Christian maiden of royal descent and a hostage of Rome. At first Marcus has no notion of love, but he desires Lygia with… Plus…

Marcus Vinicius is a passionate Roman tribune; Lygia Callina is a Christian maiden of royal descent and a hostage of Rome. At first Marcus has no notion of love, but he desires Lygia with animalistic intensity. Through political machinations, he contrives to have her taken by force into the decadent splendor of Ceasar's court, setting in motion a series of events that culminate in his own spiritual redemption. Set at the dawn of Christianity, and written with amazing historical accuracy, Quo Vadis won for its author the Nobel Prize. Translated into more than 40 languages, this captivating tale is one of the greatest novels in the history of religious literature. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press. Digital Content>E-books>Fiction>Fiction>Fiction, Lulu.com Digital >16<

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