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Marius the Epicurean (Volume 1) has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations... Read Full Overview

Delve into the philosophical heart of the Roman Empire with Walter Pater's "Marius the Epicurean, Vol. 1." This historical fiction explores the intellectual and spiritual landscape of ancient Rome, examining the appeal of various religions, including the burgeoning influence... Read Full Overview

About the Book Historical Fiction books set their characters and plot at some time in the past, providing adequate background on the customes and mores of that time to make it seem believable to the reader, whilst not necessarily remaining true to actual historical events in... Read Full Overview

Yes It was the one instance Marius, always eagerly on the look-out for such, had yet seen of a perfectly tolerable, perfectly beautiful, old age-an old age in which there seemed, to one who perhaps habitually over-valued the expression of youth, nothing to be regretted, nothing... Read Full Overview

Marius the Epicurean was one of the most celebrated novels of the 19th century. Set in Rome in the second century A.D., it traces the "sensations" of its young hero Marius as he encounters pagan religion, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and finally Christianity. This is the frst edition... Read Full Overview

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"The great English prose work has been written and perfectly written and you and I would do well to lay down our pens. . . . I believe that the worst page of prose Pater wrote is better than the best that anybody else ever wrote." - George Moore Set in the second century A.D... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

"Marius the Epicurean" is a profound philosophical novel set in the second century of the Roman Empire, during the reign of the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. The work follows the spiritual and intellectual development of its eponymous protagonist, a young Roman nobleman... Read Full Overview

In Marius the Epicurean, Walter Pater presents a deeply introspective philosophical novel set in second-century Ancient Rome. The protagonist, Marius, a young Roman of refined sensibility, embarks on a spiritual and intellectual odyssey in pursuit of a life grounded in truth,... Read Full Overview