Homo sum: Roman

Georg Moritz EbersProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 527K words
Chapters: 53

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Homo sum: Roman by Georg EbersAuthor: Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898,Language: Dutch, Class: PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures, Release Date: Jun 2, 2013

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This is the Dutch translation of the historical novel Homo sum: Roman by the German writer Georg Ebers, distributed free of charge by Project Gutenberg. Ebers was a renowned nineteenth-century historical novelist whose works are distinguished by meticulous research into life in antiquity and by their moral themes. The title Homo sum comes from the Latin for "I am human," suggesting the novel's concern with universal human nature. The book will appeal to readers interested in the setting of late ancient Rome or the early Christian era, and it also serves scholars studying the dissemination of nineteenth-century German historical fiction as a sample translation. The Dutch text poses a barrier for most Chinese readers, but as a public-domain ebook it is easy to search, quote, and read in comparison. If you are collecting multiple translations of Ebers's works, or wish to observe how the same text appears in different languages, this free ebook is worth adding to your library. When reading, it is advisable to consult historical background materials and not to pursue the plot at speed.

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About the author

Georg Moritz Ebers Author · German · 1837–1898

Georg Ebers (1837–1898) was a German Egyptologist and novelist. Born in Berlin in 1837, he served as a professor at the University of Leipzig. His major contribution to Egyptology was the discovery, editing, and publication of the famous Ebers Papyrus, which provided valuable material for the study of ancient medical texts. At the same time, he devoted himself to spreading Egyptological knowledge through literature, writing historical novels such as An Egyptian Princess and Uarda. These works weave the social life and historical settings of ancient Egypt into their narratives, making specialized scholarship more accessible to general readers. His works number 172 in the library's collection, including the serialized volumes of An Egyptian Princess and Cleopatra, which shows how widely his historical novels circulated. Overall, Ebers combined scholarly rigor with a novelist's gift for popular expression, occupying a distinctive place in the popularization of Egyptology in the nineteenth century.