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The classic Thornton Wilder novel that recreates the dazzling ancient Roman empire of Julius Caesar—now with a new introduction by Jeremy McCarter, author of Young Radicals and co-author (with Lin-Manuel Miranda) of the #1 New York Times bestseller Hamilton: The Revolution.
First published in 1948, The Ides of March is a brilliant epistolary novel of the Rome of Julius Caesar. Through imaginary letters and documents, Wilder brings to life a dramatic period of world history and one of its magnetic personalities.
In this novel, the Caesar of history becomes Caesar the human being as he appeared to his family, his legions, his Rome, and his empire in the months just before his death. In Wilder’s inventive narrative, all Rome comes crowding through his pages: Romans of the slums, of the villas, of the palaces, brawling youths and noble ladies and prostitutes, and the spies and assassins stalking Caesar in his Rome.
Vivid, compelling, and engaging, The Ides of March showcases Thornton Wilder’s unique storytelling genius. This special edition also includes an afterword by Wilder's nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating documentary material about the novelist and story.
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Megan ✨
Created 2 months ago
“I enjoyed the style of this novel, told through letters and documents. While the author himself admits that the novel comes together via a second reading, I am not sure I want to read it a second time. At the end, it was interesting to see how the four books connected and you were slowly given information that began to make sense as a larger picture. My only regret is that I didn’t read a physical copy that would allow me to flip back and forth between the books and put the whole story together more succinctly in my first read.”GEM Mal
Created 4 months ago
“I actually really didn't like this book, which hurts me. The epistolary format is one thing, but to make it nonlinear was ridiculous. So annoying.
The women were so shallow. Knowing the women in Homer and Virgil, it made these women so much worse. It is clear that he did not have respect for women, at least when he was writing this.
All of the characters are insufferable. I wish I hadn't read this.”Boethius
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Created 11 months agoAbout Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works, exploring the connection between the commonplace and cosmic dimensions of human experience, continue to be read and produced around the world. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, one of his seven novels, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, as did two of his four full-length dramas, Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1943). The Matchmaker was adapted as the musical Hello, Dolly! Wilder also enjoyed enormous success with many other forms of the written and spoken word, among them teaching, acting, opera, and film, including his classic screenplay for Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1943). The writer’s many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Book Committee's Medal for Literature.
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