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Memoirs of Hadrian
Marguerite Yourcenar, 1951
A Roman emperor, dying, writes to his successor Marcus Aurelius about his life.
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- What kind of ruler, and what kind of man, does Hadrian show himself to be?
- Why write the novel as a letter to the young Marcus Aurelius?
- What does Hadrian seem proudest of, and what does he regret?
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