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Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero

By Henryk Sienkiewicz (translated by Jeremiah Curtin)

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Cover: The Christian Dirce (1897), oil on canvas by Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1902)

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.

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Table of contents

  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
  51. 51: Chapter 51
  52. 52: Chapter 52
  53. 53: Chapter 53
  54. 54: Chapter 54
  55. 55: Chapter 55
  56. 56: Chapter 56
  57. 57: Chapter 57
  58. 58: Chapter 58
  59. 59: Chapter 59
  60. 60: Chapter 60
  61. 61: Chapter 61
  62. 62: Chapter 62
  63. 63: Chapter 63
  64. 64: Chapter 64
  65. 65: Chapter 65
  66. 66: Chapter 66
  67. 67: Chapter 67
  68. 68: Chapter 68
  69. 69: Chapter 69
  70. 70: Chapter 70
  71. 71: Chapter 71
  72. 72: VINICIUS to PETRONIUS:
  73. 73: Chapter 73