Last Days of Pompeii
Author: first_name: Edward
last_name: Bulwer-Lytton
Language: English
Year: 1834

<i>Last Days of Pompeii</i> is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. Once a very widely read book and now relatively neglected, it culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.<br><br>The novel uses its characters to contrast the decadent culture of first-century Rome with both older cultures and coming trends. The protagonist, Glaucus, represents the Greeks who have been subordinated by Rome, and his nemesis Arbaces the s