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Scritto nel 1891 dal premio Nobel Henryk Sienkiewicz, solo cinque anni prima del suo capolavoro, "Quo vadis?", questo romanzo si snoda fra Roma e Varsavia, insieme alla vita del protagonista, aristocratico polacco, che trasmette al suo diario i conflitti e dolori di una vita sentita prima come inutile, vuota, e in seguito persa in una passione impossibile.

Cornice musicale: Brahms, "Quintetto per clarinetto", op. 115. Allegro.

Quo Vadis, best known for its star-studded 1951 film version, was first published in 1896 and contributed to the author’s Nobel Prize for Literature of 1905. Set in the latter years of the reign of Roman Emperor Nero, the plot concerns the love between a young Christian woman, Lygia, and a Roman patrician, Marcus Vinicius.

Marcus, a Roman officer in Nero's army, risks his career, his family, and even his life when he falls in love with a Christian woman named Callina. In order to win Callina's love, Marcus must come to understand the true meaning of her religion, even as Rome sinks under the excesses of Nero and Christians are thrown to the lions. Quo Vadis brims with passion and life as it explores one of the turning points in history.