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- The novel was a fictional account of the events surrounding the eruption of Vesuvius that buried the Roman city of Pompeii in AD 79. [ 4 ]
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The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The novel was inspired by the painting The Last Day of Pompeii by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. [1] It culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
In 1834, Edward Bulwer-Lytton published “The Last Days of Pompeii,” a novel that has since become a cultural touchstone. Set against the dramatic backdrop of Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in AD 79, the book intertwines historical fact with romantic fiction to captivate the imagination of readers.
Aug 24, 2012 · In the 19 th century, no figure mined Pompeii for more O!’s and Alas!’s than novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton (of bad writing contest fame), whose 1834 potboiler The Last Days of Pompeii was hands-down the most popular novel of the age.
It tells the story of the virtuous Greeks Glaucus and Ione, their escape from Pompeii amid the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 ce, and their eventual conversion to Christianity, against a background of Roman decadence and corrupt Eastern religion.
Last Days of Pompeii (1935) 96 min. b&w. With a wealth of historical detail as a foundation, the old life of Pompeii has been brought to the screen by Hollywood. The opening credits note that the story is original and not related to the novel by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
Like many other works of screen antiquity mentioned in this book, The Last Days of Pompeii is based on a historical novel, in this case the work of the same title by British writer and poet Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
Tristan Hughes explores the destruction of Pompeii, using extraordinary eyewitness testimony and the revelations of archaeology to understand what really happened here nearly 2000 years ago.
