Project Gutenberg 2008-09-25 Public domain in the USA. 55 Short, Richard Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Brownfox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Saronia" by Richard Short is a romantic historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in ancient Ephesus, focusing on the life of Saronia, a young slave girl who longs for freedom and explores her identity and fate against the backdrop of divine worship and human intrigue. As Saronia navigates her relationships with prominent figures in Ephesus, including her mistress Venusta and her daughter Nika, the tale unfolds themes of love, ambition, and the quest for self-discovery. The opening of the novel vividly introduces the richly adorned city of Ephesus, emphasizing its grandeur through descriptions of bustling markets and stunning architecture such as the Temple of Diana. We meet Saronia, a dignified slave, who is portrayed with profound sadness and a yearning for a life beyond servitude. As she steps out to purchase goods, her interaction with the world around her hints at the complexities of her existence as well as the tensions brewing between her and Nika, who harbors jealousy and disdain for her. The narrative sets the stage for Saronia's internal struggles and the conflicts that will arise as she seeks sanctuary and understanding of her purpose amidst the cacophony of life shaped by both divine and human forces. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ephesus (Extinct city) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 488228 488225 2024-10-11T11:18:33.505497 2023-09-12T04:32:37.127027 text/html text/html 496025 2021-01-04T04:01:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 264274 2021-01-04T04:01:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 341376 2024-10-11T11:18:43.773437 application/epub+zip 345656 2024-10-11T11:18:36.087508 application/epub+zip 262030 2024-10-11T11:18:34.543493 application/epub+zip 542399 2024-10-11T11:18:49.646408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 498043 2024-10-11T11:18:42.565422 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404999 2022-09-12T10:53:16.340967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447815 447734 2024-10-11T11:18:31.633513 2023-09-12T04:32:35.625006 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 447712 2021-01-04T04:01:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 172678 2021-01-04T04:01:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 447714 2021-01-04T04:01:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 172643 2021-01-04T04:01:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20981 2024-10-11T11:18:49.810404 application/rdf+xml 9377 2024-10-11T11:18:35.134512 image/jpeg 2690 2024-10-11T11:18:34.835471 image/jpeg 321426 2024-10-11T11:18:33.553547 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