Project Gutenberg 2006-11-07 Public domain in the USA. 106 Caine, Hall, Sir 1853 1931 Caine, Thomas Henry Hall, Sir Caine, T. Hall, Sir Caine, Sir Hall The Eternal City Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Eternal City" by Hall Caine is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story delves into the lives of various characters against the backdrop of societal and political turmoil in Rome, particularly focusing on themes of love, sacrifice, and social justice. The characters include a young boy named David Leone, whose poignant backstory intertwines with the central narrative that revolves around the influential figure of David Rossi, an anarchist politician seeking reform. The opening of the book introduces the struggles of a poor, vulnerable boy, David Leone, who finds himself lost in the cold streets of London, reflecting on the despair faced by those in his situation. After being rescued by a kind doctor, the story quickly shifts to a narrative set twenty years later, on the last day of the century, as the Pope's Jubilee attracts a crowd in Rome. As the festivities unfold, we meet various prominent figures, including David Rossi, who plans a significant protest against the injustices faced by the people. The setting and character dynamics are rich with political and emotional complexities, indicating that the novel will address the struggles of the working class and the individual's place within the larger societal framework. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/19732/19732-h/images/eternal-cover.jpg en Rome (Italy) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1060498 1060430 2024-09-08T13:23:21.433596 2023-09-09T05:30:35.107496 text/html text/html 1078715 2006-11-07T10:03:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 932797 2006-11-07T10:04:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 955996 2024-09-08T13:23:36.384545 application/epub+zip 972651 2024-09-08T13:23:23.586593 application/epub+zip 454063 2024-09-08T13:23:22.502614 application/epub+zip 959262 2024-09-08T13:23:45.667474 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 901894 2024-09-08T13:23:34.983512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 705191 2022-09-09T10:55:13.315925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 999379 999296 2024-09-08T13:23:16.333642 2023-09-09T05:30:30.535452 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 999221 2006-11-07T10:03:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 374328 2006-11-07T10:04:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 999221 2006-11-07T10:03:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 374231 2006-11-07T10:04:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20380 2024-09-08T13:23:45.828447 application/rdf+xml 19773 2024-09-08T13:23:22.646585 image/jpeg 3435 2024-09-08T13:23:22.575581 image/jpeg 930717 2024-09-08T13:23:21.535594 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia