The Last Days of Pompeii
by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
part of the Pompeii Series


Table of Contents


Title
Publisher
Forward
Preface
BOOK THE FIRST
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF POMPEII
PARENTAGE OF GLAUCUS DESCRIPTION OF THE HOUSES OF
POMPEII A CLASSIC REVEL
THE TEMPLE OF ISIS-ITS PRIEST-THE CHARACTER OF ARBACES DEVELOPS ITSELF
MORE OF THE FLOWER GIRL THE PROGRESS OF LOVE
THE FOWLER SNARES AGAIN THE BIRD THAT HAD JUST ESCAPED, AND SETS HIS NETS FOR A NEW VICTIM
THE GAY LIFE OF THE POMPEIAN LOUNGER - A MINIATURE LIKENESS OF THE ROMAN BATHS
ARBACES COGS HIS DICE WITH PLEASURE AND WINS THE GAME
BOOK THE SECOND
A FLASH HOUSE IN POMPEII, AND THE GENTLEMEN OF THE CLASSIC RING
TWO WORTHIES
GLAUCUS MAKES A PURCHASE THAT AFTERWARD COSTS HIM DEAR
THE RIVAL OF GLAUCUS PRESSES ONWARD IN THE RACE
THE POOR TORTOISE -- NEW CHANGES FOR NYDIA
THE HAPPY BEAUTY AND THE BLIND SLAVE
IONE ENTRAPPED THE MOUSE TRIES TO GNAW THE NET
THE SOLITUDE AND SOLILOQUY OF THE EGYPTIAN HIS CHARACTER ANALYZED
WHAT BECOMES OF IONE IN THE HOUSE OF ARBACES THE FIRST SIGNAL OF THE WRATH OF THE DREAD FOE
BOOK THE THIRD
THE FORUM OF THE POMPEIANS THE FIRST RUDE MACHINERY BY WHICH THE NEW ERA OF THE WORLD WAS WROUGHT
THE NOONDAY EXCURSION ON THE CAMPANIAN SEAS
THE CONGREGATION
THE STREAM OF LOVE RUNS ON WHITHER?
THE PORTER THE GIRL AND THE GLADIATOR
THE DRESSING-ROOM OF A POMPEIAN BEAUTY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN JULIA AND NYDIA
JULIA SEEKS ARBACES -THE RESULT OF THAT INTERVIEW
THE LORD OF THE BURNING BELT
PROGRESS OF EVENTS-THE PLOT THICKENS-THE WEB IS WOVEN, BUT THE NET CHANGES HANDS
BOOK THE FOURTH
REFLECTIONS ON THE ZEAL OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS-TWO MEN COME TO A PERILOUS RESOLVE - WALLS HAVE EARS, PARTICULARLY SACRED WALLS
A CLASSIC HOST, COOK AND KITCHEN AP CIDES SEEKS IONE THEIR CONVERSATION
A FASHIONABLE PARTY AND A DINNER A LA MODE IN POMPEII
THE STORY HALTS FOR A MOMENT AT AN EPISODE
THE PHILTER ITS EFFECT
A REUNION OF DIFFERENT ACTORS STREAMS THAT FLOWED APPARENTLY APART RUSH INTO ONE GULF
IN WHICH THE READER LEARNS THE CONDITION OF GLAUCUS FRIENDSHIP TESTED ENMITY SOFTENED LOVE THE SAME ; BECAUSE THE ONE LOVING IS
A CLASSIC FUNERAL
IN WHICH AN ADVENTURE HAPPENS TO IONE
WHAT BECOMES OF NYDIA IN THE HOUSE OF ARBACES-THE EGYPTIAN FEELS COMPASSION FOR GLAUCUS-COMPASSION IS OFTEN A VERY USELESS VISIT
NYDIA AFFECTS THE SORCERESS
THE SLAVE CONSULTS THE ORACLE THEY WHO BLIND THEMSELVES THE BLIND MAY FOOL TWO NEW PRISONERS MADE IN ONE NIGHT
NYDIA ACCOSTS CALENUS
ARBACES AND IONE NYDIA GAINS THE GARDEN WILL SHE ESCAPE AND SAVE THE ATHENIAN?
THE SORROW OF BOON COMPANIONS FOR OUR AFFLICTIONS THE DUNGEON AND ITS VICTIMS
A CHANGE FOR GLAUCUS
BOOK THE FIFTH
THE DREAM OF ARBACES A VISITOR AND A WARNING TO THE EGYPTIAN
THE AMPHITHEATER
THE AMPHITHEATER ONCE MORE
THE CELL OF THE PRISONER AND THE DEN OF THE DEAD--GRIEF UNCONSCIOUS OF HORROR
CALENUS AND BURBO DIOMED AND CLODIUS THE GIRL OF THE AMPHITHEATER AND JULIA
THE PROGRESS OF THE DESTRUCTION
ARBACES ENCOUNTERS GLAUCUS AND IONE
THE DESPAIR OF THE LOVERS--THE CONDITION OF THE MULTITUDE
THE NEXT MORNING-THE FATE OF NYDIA
WHEREIN ALL THINGS CEASE