[Pocket Edition] World Literature Masterpieces Library - Spartacus

Author: (Italian) Giovanni Verga
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The long historical novel Spartacus is one of Giovanni Verga's outstanding works. Based on real historical events, the novel narrates the largest slave uprising in Rome in 73 BC. Under the brilliant military command of Spartacus, the slave army fought across the country for over three years, achieving surprising victories, overwhelming opponents, and repeatedly defeating them despite being outnumbered. Battles such as the surprise attack on the Roman army in Vesuvius, the two defeats of Varinius, the easy capture of Nola, and the decisive victory at the Battle of Fenny in Aquinum dealt fatal blows to the Roman army, making them tremble in fear and flee in panic. The book also portrays the sincere love between the protagonist and Valesca amidst the flames of war, reflecting the joys and sorrows, human emotions, and social realities of the revolutionaries on the battlefield. Spartacus is an outstanding work by Giovanni Verga, an Italian democratic writer, historian, and literary critic. It tells the story of the slave uprising in ancient Rome in 73 BC and creates the image of slave heroes led by Spartacus. It is one of the few excellent works in Italian and even European literary history that portrays the image of armed leaders of the working people. Spartacus is an outstanding historical novel that has won the love of readers worldwide since its publication. It has been translated into dozens of languages. The founder of the Italian Communist Party, Antonio Gramsci, highly praised the popular nature of Spartacus, noting that it was one of the few Italian novels popular abroad at the time.