num_pages: 320
description: An imaginary historical portrait in which Marius is offered as a kind of self-portrait of Pater transferred to the Rome of Marcus Aurelius. Marius speculates on various views of art and life. The love of art for art's sake is advocated, as is the moral obligation to lead a good and ordered life.
language: English
title: Marius the Epicurean
titlecomplete: Marius the Epicurean
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Classics, British Literature, Philosophy, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Victorian, Novels
ratings_count: 660
publisher: Penguin Books