Quo Vadis – Henryk Sienkiewicz, #language & literature

‘Quo Vadis will rouse more attention than anything I have written hitherto’ claimed the writer in a letter to Jadwiga Janczewska in 1895. Nevertheless, even the author himself did not suspect that the novel will break all records of popularity and bring him a Nobel Prize in Literature.

During the tumultuous reign of Nero, Vinicius, a pagan, and Ligia, a Christian, fall in love

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A historical fiction novel that first published in Polish, the author's native language, and has been translated into over 50 languages. The book tells the story of the love that develops between a young Christian woman, Lygia, and a Roman patrician, Marcus Vinicius. The story takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of emperor Nero.? First published in 1895, this edition is derived from the book published in 1905 with 18 black and white illustrations by Jan Styka.