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By the time of the author’s death, at least ten editions of the poem had been published. Adonis is preparing for a hunt; Venus is trying in every way to seduce him. Passion flares up between them, but Adonis believes that he is too young for romance novels and he is more interested in hunting. Soon Adonis dies due to an accident during a hunt.

Roxana - a novel by Daniel Defoe, an English trader, writer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. Roxana is an example of the remarkable way in which Defoe seems to inhabit his fictional characters (yet "drawn from life"), despite the fact that they are women. Roxana, which narrates the moral and spiritual...

Tytuł książki to łaciński zwrot, oznaczający: Dokąd idziesz? Odwołuje się on do słów Quo vadis, Domine? (Dokąd idziesz, Panie?), wypowiedzianych według legendy, przywołanej również w powieści, przez apostoła Piotra do Chrystusa. Akcja rozgrywa się głównie w Rzymie, podczas końcowych 6 lat panowania Nerona (63-69 n.e.), akcja epilogu - ok. 68 r. Wydarzenia pozwalające określić czas akcji to: przybycie...