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Memoirs of Hadrian
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1951
- Originally in
- Originally in French
- Pages
- Pages 320
A dying Roman emperor writes a long letter to his young successor, weighing power, the body, grief for a drowned boy he loved, and how to leave the world in order.
Let us try, if we can, to enter into death with open eyes.
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