
Quo Vadis
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Peter Wickham
Quo Vadis, best known for its star-studded 1951 film version, was first published in 1896 and contributed to the author’s Nobel Prize for Literature of 1905.
Set in the latter years of the reign of Roman Emperor Nero, the plot concerns the love between a young Christian woman, Lygia, and a Roman patrician, Marcus Vinicius. Sienkiewicz was said to have been inspired to write the novel when visiting the Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis, and the novel is strongly imbued with a pro-Christian sentiment, along with many detailed descriptions of the opulence and debauchery of Nero’s Rome. It is informative, exciting, and ultimately uplifting!
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Retelling of Ancient Rome and first century Christianity
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Tour de force
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Beautifully written, an ancient world brought to life. The world of Ancient Rome, the corrupt court of Nero, the wit of Petronius, the values and principles of humanity through the belief in Christ could almost convert you. The message of love, faith and compassion for your fellow humans in the face of the indolent and vain. It resonates in today’s age and in any other. The morales, the reflections, the history is outstanding.
But I’m not a romance buff, and the unending descriptions of Vinicius’s inner feeling and turmoils time and again, so repetitive, makes this story far longer that I felt it needed to be. Might be a masterpiece for others. It was difficult for me to finish it because the brunt of the story was focused so much on the description of inner emotions of young lovers. Insights perfectly conveyed, just too many times for my taste.
It’s overall a great book. An epic this long, I would have liked more intrigue, more characters and side plots. There was so much going on in the background that was barely mentioned. It’s totally focused on the romance, which might be fine for others.
Historical Epic and literary classic
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Gave Me Moments of Introspection
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As for the story itself - it is long! I obviously knew before how many hours it was, the long I mean is that it feels long because of an abundant writing style. If you like a lot of descriptions of everything and everybody, historic, dramatic novels, this is for you. Just keep in mind, it is a novel and thereby fiction not fact.
I was interested in the book because of when it was written: during the occupation of Poland by Russia and therefore can also be read as a suppressed people - in the novel the Christians/at the time of publication: the Poles - ultimately overcoming the forces of oppression - the Romans or in the real life of the readers: the Russian Tzar. Furthermore, Sienkiewicz novels were apparently reread during the German occupation of Poland in World War II, again with the mindset of a suppressed people overcoming the terror of their Nazi oppressors. In this sense I found the book really interesting, I could see how this story would be inspirational. It is very black and white: the Christians are beyond good, while Nero and Romans are overwhelmingly vile or at least bad with the exception of the character of Petronious. In the context of the moral black-white picture painted by the book and when the book was written, it isn't surprising that the book has strong antisemitic stereotypes, which were common in Poland and many other European countries at the time.
Admittedly without the excellent narration and my interest of how the novel was interpreted in later times, I don't think I would have finished it. It reads the way I remember the 1950s movie: a heavy costume drama.
Excellent Narration
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Magnificent
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but if you are looking for a slightly inaccurate look into the persecution of
the early Christians(with a heart stopping story),then get this book!
the only thing that is a slight issue is at times if you don't pay attention,then you might get who is speaking confused,
(note:this does talk about things that aren't recommended for children.)
if you don't get this...then your missing out.
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