Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero

Credits: Henryk Sienkiewicz (author)

Summary

Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero (Quo vadis: Powieść z czasów Nerona) is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Polish. The novel tells the story of a romantic love that develops between Lygia (Ligia in Polish), a Christian woman and barbarian hostage, and Marcus Vinicius, a young Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of Roman emperor Nero, from c. AD 64 to AD 68, when he committed suicide. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur. This book contains scenes of violence as its author wrote them.

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Chapters (73)

  1. 1. Chapter 1
  2. 2. Chapter 2
  3. 3. Chapter 3
  4. 4. Chapter 4
  5. 5. Chapter 5
  6. 6. Chapter 6
  7. 7. Chapter 7
  8. 8. Chapter 8
  9. 9. Chapter 9
  10. 10. Chapter 10
  11. 11. Chapter 11
  12. 12. Chapter 12
  13. 13. Chapter 13
  14. 14. Chapter 14
  15. 15. PETRONIUS to VINICIUS:
  16. 16. Chapter 16
  17. 17. Chapter 17
  18. 18. PETRONIUS to VINICIUS:
  19. 19. Chapter 19
  20. 20. Chapter 20
  21. 21. Chapter 21
  22. 22. Chapter 22
  23. 23. Chapter 23
  24. 24. Chapter 24
  25. 25. Chapter 25
  26. 26. Chapter 26
  27. 27. Chapter 27
  28. 28. Chapter 28
  29. 29. Chapter 29
  30. 30. Chapter 30
  31. 31. Chapter 31
  32. 32. Chapter 32
  33. 33. Chapter 33
  34. 34. Chapter 34
  35. 35. Chapter 35
  36. 36. Chapter 36
  37. 37. VINCIUS to LYGIA:
  38. 38. VINICIUS to LYGIA:
  39. 39. Chapter 39
  40. 40. Chapter 40
  41. 41. Chapter 41
  42. 42. Chapter 42
  43. 43. Chapter 43
  44. 44. Chapter 44
  45. 45. Chapter 45
  46. 46. Chapter 46
  47. 47. Chapter 47
  48. 48. Chapter 48
  49. 49. Chapter 49
  50. 50. Chapter 50

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