Vicente Blasco Ibanez eBooks

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Classicus Edition). E-book. Formato EPUB Vicente Blasco Ibanez   -  Classicus, 2025  - 

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, first published in 1916, is Vicente Blasco Ibáñez’s unforgettable novel of love, war, and moral awakening set during the cataclysm of World War I. This sweeping international bestseller follows an Argentine family divided between France and Germany, whose members find themselves on opposite sides of a brutal conflict. At its heart is Julio Desnoyers, a Parisian playboy forced to confront his own cowardice and indifference as he transforms into a soldier and faces the grim realities of war.      Blasco Ibáñez’s vivid storytelling and naturalistic style bring to life the trenches, the devastated countryside, and the moral devastation that follows in the wake of nationalism and violence. Through richly drawn characters and striking imagery, the novel invokes the biblical Four Horsemen—Conquest, War, Famine, and Death—as symbols of Europe’s self-destruction. It is both an intimate portrait of one family’s tragedy and a sweeping condemnation of the forces that plunged a continent into chaos.      Translated with clarity and power by Charlotte Brewster Jordan, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse remains a classic of anti-war literature and early twentieth-century fiction. Perfect for readers of historical novels and literary war epics, this timeless work offers a haunting meditation on divided loyalties, human frailty, and the apocalyptic cost of unchecked ambition and hatred.