1898, ISBN: 7e9d865403c153864cf239eaafba4494

MP3 Audio CD. Originally written and published in German in 1898 and translated to English the same year, Arachne is the last novel by Georg Ebers, one of the most renowned German Egyptol… mais…

MP3 Audio CD. Originally written and published in German in 1898 and translated to English the same year, Arachne is the last novel by Georg Ebers, one of the most renowned German Egyptologists. Besides being a respected scientist, known mostly as the discoverer of an Egyptian medical papyrus dating from circa 1500 BC found in Luxor, Ebers was a talented and prolific fiction writer, known to the general public as the author of historical romances, out of which Arachne was one of the most popular pieces.The novel is about Ledscha, a beautiful young woman living in ancient Egypt. After she lost her love, the Gods inspire love into her again, this time toward a Greek sculptor who wants to use her as a model for his statue of Arachne, the mythical weaver who was transformed into a spider by the Gods as punishment for her hubris to challenge Athena. Unfortunately, it seems like the young woman is just about to be disappointed again as the sculptor wants to replace her with another woman. However, the final decision, as always, belongs to the Gods ? they will have the final word in Ledscha?s love story and grant her happiness and cause her sadness.Arachne is only one out of the many historical romances by Ebers that he wrote in order to popularize Egyptian and Greek mythology. His other novels include An Egyptian Princess, written and published in 1864, Uarda, which came out in 1877, Homo Sum, dated to 1878, Serapis, from 1885, and Cleopatra, published in 1894. His books were very popular because of their exciting topics, as well as for Ebers? great and engaging style. The stories of his novels are always eventful and the characters always well-rounded and credible, even if the subject matter of his books takes the reader to ancient, often mythical times. His books also did an excellent job popularizing the discoveries of Egyptologists., 0<

1898, ISBN: 7e9d865403c153864cf239eaafba4494

MP3 Audio CD. Originally written and published in German in 1898 and translated to English the same year, Arachne is the last novel by Georg Ebers, one of the most renowned German Egyptol… mais…

MP3 Audio CD. Originally written and published in German in 1898 and translated to English the same year, Arachne is the last novel by Georg Ebers, one of the most renowned German Egyptologists. Besides being a respected scientist, known mostly as the discoverer of an Egyptian medical papyrus dating from circa 1500 BC found in Luxor, Ebers was a talented and prolific fiction writer, known to the general public as the author of historical romances, out of which Arachne was one of the most popular pieces.The novel is about Ledscha, a beautiful young woman living in ancient Egypt. After she lost her love, the Gods inspire love into her again, this time toward a Greek sculptor who wants to use her as a model for his statue of Arachne, the mythical weaver who was transformed into a spider by the Gods as punishment for her hubris to challenge Athena. Unfortunately, it seems like the young woman is just about to be disappointed again as the sculptor wants to replace her with another woman. However, the final decision, as always, belongs to the Gods ? they will have the final word in Ledscha?s love story and grant her happiness and cause her sadness.Arachne is only one out of the many historical romances by Ebers that he wrote in order to popularize Egyptian and Greek mythology. His other novels include An Egyptian Princess, written and published in 1864, Uarda, which came out in 1877, Homo Sum, dated to 1878, Serapis, from 1885, and Cleopatra, published in 1894. His books were very popular because of their exciting topics, as well as for Ebers? great and engaging style. The stories of his novels are always eventful and the characters always well-rounded and credible, even if the subject matter of his books takes the reader to ancient, often mythical times. His books also did an excellent job popularizing the discoveries of Egyptologists., 0<

ISBN: 7e9d865403c153864cf239eaafba4494

MP3 Audio CD. Arachne CHAPTER I. Deep silence brooded over the water and the green islands which rose like oases from its glittering surface. The palms, silver poplars, and sycamores on… mais…

MP3 Audio CD. Arachne CHAPTER I. Deep silence brooded over the water and the green islands which rose like oases from its glittering surface. The palms, silver poplars, and sycamores on the largest one were already casting longer shadows as the slanting rays of the sun touched their dark crowns, while its glowing ball still poured a flood of golden radiance upon the bushes along the shore, and the light, feathery tufts at the tops of the papyrus reeds in the brackish water. More than one flock of large and small waterfowl flew past beneath the silvery cloudlets flecking the lofty azure vault of heaven; here and there a pelican or a pair of wild ducks plunged, with short calls which ceased abruptly, into the lush green thicket, but their cackling and quacking belonged to the voices of Nature, and, when heard, soon died away in the heights of the tipper air, or in the darkness of the underbrush that received the birds. Very few reached the little city of Tennis, which now, during the period of inundation in the year 274 B.C., was completely encircled by water. From the small island, separated from it by a channel scarcely three arrow-shots wide, it seemed as though sleep or paralysis had fallen upon the citizens of the busy little industrial town, for few people appeared in the streets, and the scanty number of porters and sailors who were working among the ships and boats in the little fleet performed their tasks noiselessly, exhausted by the heat and labour of the day., 0<

ISBN: 7e9d865403c153864cf239eaafba4494

MP3 Audio CD. Arachne CHAPTER I. Deep silence brooded over the water and the green islands which rose like oases from its glittering surface. The palms, silver poplars, and sycamores on… mais…

MP3 Audio CD. Arachne CHAPTER I. Deep silence brooded over the water and the green islands which rose like oases from its glittering surface. The palms, silver poplars, and sycamores on the largest one were already casting longer shadows as the slanting rays of the sun touched their dark crowns, while its glowing ball still poured a flood of golden radiance upon the bushes along the shore, and the light, feathery tufts at the tops of the papyrus reeds in the brackish water. More than one flock of large and small waterfowl flew past beneath the silvery cloudlets flecking the lofty azure vault of heaven; here and there a pelican or a pair of wild ducks plunged, with short calls which ceased abruptly, into the lush green thicket, but their cackling and quacking belonged to the voices of Nature, and, when heard, soon died away in the heights of the tipper air, or in the darkness of the underbrush that received the birds. Very few reached the little city of Tennis, which now, during the period of inundation in the year 274 B.C., was completely encircled by water. From the small island, separated from it by a channel scarcely three arrow-shots wide, it seemed as though sleep or paralysis had fallen upon the citizens of the busy little industrial town, for few people appeared in the streets, and the scanty number of porters and sailors who were working among the ships and boats in the little fleet performed their tasks noiselessly, exhausted by the heat and labour of the day., 0<

1898, ISBN: 7e9d865403c153864cf239eaafba4494

Stuttgart, DVA, Historischer Roman. 6. Auflage. Stuttgart, DVA, 1898. 3 Bl., 502 S., 1 Bl. Or.-Lwd. mit reicher Gold- u. Schwarzprägung, im Zentrum Frauenporträt hinter Spinnennetz; Kapit… mais…

Stuttgart, DVA, Historischer Roman. 6. Auflage. Stuttgart, DVA, 1898. 3 Bl., 502 S., 1 Bl. Or.-Lwd. mit reicher Gold- u. Schwarzprägung, im Zentrum Frauenporträt hinter Spinnennetz; Kapitale leicht berieben. - Papier etwas gebräunt, Vorsatz mit Besitzvermerken. Literatur [Literatur] 1898 [2 Warenabbildungen bei antiquariat.de]<