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Quo Vadis
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historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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- Author
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
- First published
- 1895
- Editions
- 453
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Church history, Primitive and early church, Rome, fiction, Fiction, christian, historical, Rome in fiction, Church history in fiction
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Key facts
- Author
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Original title
- Quo vadis. Powieść z czasów Nerona
- Translator
- Jeremiah Curtin , W. S. Kuniczak , Samuel Augustus Binion
- Language
- Polish
- Genre
- Historical novel
- Publisher
- Polish dailies (in serial) and Little, Brown (Eng. trans. book form)
- Publication date
- 1895–1896
- Publication place
- Kingdom of Poland
- Media type
- Print ( newspaper , hardback , and paperback )
- Text
- Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero at Wikisource
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~17 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Nero and the burning of Rome, illustration by M. de Lipman, Altemus Edition, 1897 Scene from the novel, entitled "Ligia leaves Aulus' house", illustration by Domenico Mastroianni, postcard from 1913, published by Armand Noyer, Paris
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quo Vadis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.