Ayn Rand called "Quo Vadis" by Henryk Sienkiewicz one of the world's greatest novels

Posted by WDonway 5 years, 8 months ago to Books

Summer isn't over. You have time for one more book. I would prefer you read one of mine, of course, but this review of a great virtually unknown Romantic novel might steal your away.

SOURCE URL: http://www.thesavvystreet.com/the-great-romantic-novel-you-havent-read/

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Posted by DeangalvinFL 5 years, 8 months ago

Thanks for the advice.
I have never heard of that book.

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  Posted by WDonway 5 years, 8 months ago
  
  No most people haven't. I had not specifically known about it although I had read "Quo Vadis" and "The Trilogy." Now, I have read yet another Sienkiewicz book, "Fields of Glory."
  
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  Posted by mminnick 5 years, 8 months ago
  
  It is a great book and a good movie (you might have heard of it). I rate the book on a par with "Ben Hur"
  
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    Posted by WDonway 5 years, 8 months ago
    
    Right, you are talking about "Quo Vadis," which I used, here, in the title because that is the only book by Sienkiewicz most people have read. Of course, I am reviewing another novel by Sierkiewicz, which, I think, relatively few people have read.
    
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Posted by Owlsrayne 5 years, 8 months ago

I'm a second generation Polish American a have read Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy to familiarize myself with my heritage. The Trilogy is an awesome read in its' self. The tremulous history of Poland is incredible I'm glad I read them.

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Posted by WDonway 5 years, 8 months ago

If anyone has time to read it, I would like very much to hear how you like "The Knights of the Cross."

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Posted by Herb7734 5 years, 8 months ago

I read this the same year I read "The Fountainhead" and "Jean Christophe" by Romaine Roland. All at once I was given a glimpse of the heroic life. And not a life dominated by the quest of a carpenter's cup, but of principles of honor and the praising of life.

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  Posted by WDonway 5 years, 8 months ago
  
  I suspect you mean you read "Quo Vadis." I probably goofed using that in the title. Readers seeing it assume the review is about "Quo Vadis" when it is actually a review of another book by Sienkiewicz FAR less well known: "The Knights of the Cross." Bit my own tail.
  
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Posted by bjedrick 5 years, 8 months ago

Thanks. I will put it on my future reading list.

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Posted by brkssb 5 years, 8 months ago

Thank you for your review of the works of Sienkiewicz. I read Quo Vadis over 50 years ago. Interesting how good works keep turning up.

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  Posted by WDonway 5 years, 8 months ago
  
  I read "Quo Vadis" when the NBI Book Service recommended it. Really liked it and saw the movie. Read it again some years later. Then, I discovered the rest of Sienkiewicz. I wrote at length about his "Trilogy" on my Facebook page, "Romantic Revolution Books.? I think that also appeared on TAS Web site.
  
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Ayn Rand called "Quo Vadis" by Henryk Sienkiewicz one of the world's greatest novels

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