Lewis Wallace

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Lewis Wallace (April 10, 1827 - February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century.

Ben-Hur is better known as a film than as a novel. Cinematic in scope and narrative, it was nevertheless as a book that it first met huge popular success on its publication in 1880. Intended as a moral and inspirational narrative, Judah Ben-Hur's life parallels that of Jesus as he makes a journey of discovery and enlightenment through the Mediterranean world from Jerusalem through Nazareth to the galleys that carry him to shipwreck in the Aegean and, finally, Rome. A spiritual tale of the quest for love and the recovery of identity and patrimony, the novel also displays a vivid realism based on Wallace's biblical research and knowledge of the Holy Land. Like other 'toga novels' of the period, Ben-Hur reflects the dissent, division, and moral contradiction of America's emerging imperial culture, the 'New Woman' question, the settlement of the Far West, and even trade unionism. Rich in social parallels, Ben-Hur is both a great historical epic and a window on late nineteenth-century literature.

An immediate best-seller on publication, Ben Hur remains a dazzling achievement by any standards. A thoroughly exhilarating tale of betrayal, revenge and salvation, it is the only novel that ranks with Uncle Tom's Cabin as a genuine American folk possession. This was the book that finally overcame the inherent suspicion of fiction that still prevailed in much of america in the late nineteenth century. Wallace writes with a freshness and immediacy that brings every action-packed scene to life and illuminates the geography, ethnology and customs of the ancient world.

Wallace beschreibt farbenfroh historische Zusammenh nge, veranschaulicht im Detail, was in der Bibel nur angedeutet wird, und l sst den Leser an einer Zeit teilhaben, die f r christliche Nationen von gro er Bedeutung war. Unterhaltsam, dabei noch lehrreich - so geh rt Ben Hur zu den erfolgreichsten Romanen seiner Zeit und z hlt zu den bekanntesten Werken der Weltliteratur.

Wallace beschreibt farbenfroh historische Zusammenh nge, veranschaulicht im Detail, was in der Bibel nur angedeutet wird, und l sst den Leser an einer Zeit teilhaben, die f r christliche Nationen von gro er Bedeutung war. Unterhaltsam, dabei noch lehrreich - so geh rt Ben Hur zu den erfolgreichsten Romanen seiner Zeit und z hlt zu den bekanntesten Werken der Weltliteratur.