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  • Lew WallaceBen Hur Lew(is) Wallace was born in Brookville, Indiana, on April10, 1827. During the Civil War, he rose to the rank of major-general.He practiced law, was elected to the state senate and was appointed governor ofNew Mexico in 1878. He was minister to Turkey from 1881–1885, and alsoserved as governor of Indiana. But it is as a novelist that Lew Wallace is best remembered.As early as 1843 he had begun, under the influence of Prescott’s Conquest ofMexico, to write a novel set in Mexico, which was finally published in 1873 asThe Fair God. Later books included The Boyhood of Christ (1888); The Prince ofIndia (1893) and The Wooing of Malkatoon (poem, 1898). Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ was published in 1880. It wasan instant success and brought Wallace huge popularity, selling overtwo million copies – making it, perhaps, the first blockbuster. It combines thesweep of an epic work with fast-moving, gripping scenes of action and subtle,totally convincing characterizations. The descriptions of life as a galley slave and, of course,the famous chariot race, are as immediate today as when they were written. Thestruggle of the early Christians is mirrored by Ben Hur’s struggle for personalgrowth and fulfillment, but the book is above all an action story thatshifts and moves swiftly, with drama and pathos. Who can forget the descriptionof Ben Hur’s mother and sister being found, incarcerated in their leprous cell?The horrors of leprosy are described in graphic detail, at a time whenthere was as yet no cure. Wallace’s authoritative and grandiose prose set the seal onthis popular classic. This was the book that ‘Anne of Green Gables’ wasadmonished for reading, under her desk at school. Two spectacular motion pictures were made of Ben Hur: in1925 and, perhaps most famously, in 1959 with Charlton Heston in thetitle role. It is also interesting to note that the chariot race was, for manyyears, a staple of Barnum and Bailey’s Circus. Notes by Lesley Young Jeff Harding Jeff Harding is one of the most active American actors basedin Britain. He is regularly seen in film and TV but he maintains an interest infringe theatre. He is particularly active in voice-over and radio. Havingcompeted in rowing for many years, he still lives by the Thames and rows regularly– an appropriate sport for the reader of Ben Hur.
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      • 作品编号：23219  Ben Hur

      • Ben Hur and Messala meet and part

      • The fateful tile falls

      • The road to the galleys

      • In the galley

      • On board the galley

      • The sea battle

      • In the water

      • Ben Hur - citizen

      • The house of Simonides

      • Messala again

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      • 作品编号：23219  Ben Hur

      • Preparations

      • The chariot race begins

      • The race is won

      • The hidden cell

      • Discovery and shock!

      • Return to the house

      • Ben Hur knows the truth

      • The Nazarene approaches

      • Healing and reunion

      • Full circle