A Question

by Georg Ebers

""A Question"" is a novel written by Georg Ebers, a German Egyptologist and novelist. The story is set in ancient Egypt and revolves around the life of a young Egyptian named Hatasu, who is the daughter of a high priest. Hatasu is in love with a young physician named Pentaur, but their love is forbidden due to their social status. When Hatasu's father dies, she becomes the high priestess of the temple, and Pentaur is accused of stealing a sacred relic. Hatasu is torn between her duty to the temple and her love for Pentaur, and she sets out to solve the mystery of the stolen relic to clear his name. Along the way, she faces many challenges and learns valuable lessons about love, loyalty, and sacrifice. The novel is a captivating tale of ancient Egypt, filled with vivid descriptions of the culture, customs, and beliefs of the time. It is a timeless story of love and adventure that will appeal to readers of all ages.""To try your luck with Xanthe? I tell you, it's trouble wasted, for she's dressing her hair to receive our guest from Messina; and, if she were standing where those cabbage-leaves be, she wouldn't contradict me if I were to repeat what you heard from my lips this morning at sunrise. Our girl will never become Phaon's wife until I myself offer a sacrifice to Aphrodite, that she may fill Xanthe's heart with love for him.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Genres: Fiction

66 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1881

About the author

German Egyptologist and novelist Georg Moritz Ebers discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, circa 1550 BC, named Ebers papyrus, at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873/74.

Ebers early conceived the idea of popularizing Egyptian lore by means of historical romances. Eine ägyptische Königstochter was published in 1864 and obtained great success. His subsequent works of the same kind—Uarda (1877), Homo sum (1878), Die Schwestern (1880), Der Kaiser (1881), of which the scene is laid in Egypt at the time of Hadrian, Serapis (1885), Die Nilbraut (1887), and Kleopatra (1894), were also well received, and did much to make the public familiar with the discoveries of Egyptologists. Ebers also turned his attention to other fields of historical fiction—especially the 16th century (Die Frau Bürgermeisterin, 1882; Die Gred, 1887)—without, however, attaining the success of his Egyptian novels.

Reviews

[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

🖊 This is a rough one. 🗑 J’ai abandonné ce livre à 17%. Conversely, other readers may find this story their answer to this question of a book.
📙 This book was published in 1881.
🟢The e-book version can be found on Project Gutenberg.
🟣Kindle.
🔲 Excerpts of note:

🔹Semestre looked like a cautious cat awaiting the attack of the less nimble but stronger shepherd's dog.

🔸Jason, as he spoke, passed his hard, brown finger over the upper and then the under row of his teeth;

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