Treasure House of World Literary Masterpieces -- Spartacus (Youth Edition): Youth Edition

Author: Giovanni Verga
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: The Roman Republic of the pre-Christian era was a slave-based society that engaged in relentless expansion, turning numerous captives into slaves. Slaves endured extreme exploitation and persecution, being merely "tools that could speak," as property of their masters. Masters held the lives and deaths of slaves in their hands, relentlessly squeezing their blood and sweat, forcing them into arduous labor beyond their capabilities. Spartacus, a long historical novel, is one of the outstanding works of the Italian democratic writer Giovanni Verga. The novel is based on real historical events and narrates the largest slave uprising that broke out in Rome in 73 BC. Under the brilliant military command of Spartacus, the slave uprising army fought across the country for over three years, achieving surprising victories, overwhelming opponents, and repeatedly defeating them despite being outnumbered. This book combines the above two masterpieces and presents a rewritten version, making it both accessible and highly literary, supplemented with numerous vivid illustrations. It is believed to be loved by young readers.