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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

  
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BOOK FIRST.
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CHAPTER I. INTO THE DESERT.
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CHAPTER II. MEETING OF THE WISE MEN.
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CHAPTER III. THE ATHENIAN SPEAKS-FAITH.
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CHAPTER IV. SPEECH OF THE HINDOO-LOVE.
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CHAPTER V. THE EGYPTIAN'S STORY-GOOD WORKS.
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CHAPTER VI. THE JOPPA GATE.
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CHAPTER VII. TYPICAL CHARACTERS AT THE JOPPA GATE.
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CHAPTER VIII. JOSEPH AND MARY GOING TO BETHLEHEM.
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CHAPTER IX. THE CAVE AT BETHLEHEM.
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CHAPTER X. THE LIGHT IN THE SKY.
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CHAPTER XI. CHRIST IS BORN.
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CHAPTER XII. THE WISE MEN ARRIVE AT JERUSALEM.
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CHAPTER XIII. THE WITNESSES BEFORE HEROD.
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CHAPTER XIV. THE WISE FIND THE CHILD.
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BOOK SECOND.
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CHAPTER I. JERUSALEM UNDER THE ROMANS.
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CHAPTER II. BEN-HUR AND MESSALA.
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CHAPTER III. A JUDEAN HOME.
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CHAPTER IV. THE STRANGE THINGS BEN-HUR WANTS TO KNOW.
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CHAPTER V. ROME AND ISRAEL-A COMPARISON.
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CHAPTER VI. THE ACCIDENT TO GRATUS.
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CHAPTER VII. A GALLEY SLAVE.
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BOOK THIRD.
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CHAPTER I. QUINTIS ARRIUS GOES TO SEA.
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CHAPTER II. AT THE OAR.
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CHAPTER III. ARRIUS AND BEN-HUR ON DECK.
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CHAPTER IV. "No. 60".
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CHAPTER V. THE SEA FIGHT.
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CHAPTER VI. ARRIUS ADOPTS BEN-HUR.
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BOOK FOURTH.
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CHAPTER I. BEN-HUR RETURNS EAST.
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CHAPTER II. ON THE ORONTES.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. THE DEMAND ON SIMONIDES.
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CHAPTER IV. SIMONIDES AND ESTHER.
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CHAPTER V. THE GROVE OF DAPHNE.
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CHAPTER VI. THE MULBERRIES OF DAPHNE.
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CHAPTER VII. THE STADIUM IN THE GROVE.
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CHAPTER VIII. THE FOUNTAIN OF CASTALIA.
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CHAPTER IX. THE CHARIOT RACE DISCUSSED.
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CHAPTER X. BEN-HUR HEARS OF CHRIST.
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CHAPTER XI. THE WISE SERVANT AND HIS DAUGHTER.
 12. 
CHAPTER XII. A ROMAN ORGIE.
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CHAPTER XIII. A DRIVER FOR ILDERIM'S ARABS.
 14. 
CHAPTER XIV. THE DOWAR IN THE ORCHARD OF PALMS.
 15. 
CHAPTER XV. BALTHASAR IMPRESSES BEN-HUR.
 16. 
CHAPTER XVI. CHRIST IS COMING-BALTHASAR.
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CHAPTER XVII. THE KINGDOM-SPIRITUAL OR POLITICAL?
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BOOK FIFTH.
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CHAPTER I. MESSALA DOFFS HIS CHAPLET.
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CHAPTER II. ILDERIM'S ARABS UNDER THE YOKE.
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CHAPTER III. THE ARTS OF CLEOPATRA.
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CHAPTER IV. MESSALA ON GUARD.
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CHAPTER V. ILDERIM AND BEN-HUR DELIBERATE.
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CHAPTER VI. TRAINING THE FOUR.
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CHAPTER VII. SIMONIDES RENDERS ACCOUNT.
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CHAPTER VIII. SPIRITUAL OR POLITICAL?-SIMONIDES ARGUES.
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CHAPTER IX. ESTHER AND BEN-HUR.
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CHAPTER X. POSTED FOR THE RACE.
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CHAPTER XI. MAKING THE WAGERS.
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CHAPTER XII. THE CIRCUS.
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CHAPTER XIII. THE START.
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CHAPTER XIV. THE RACE.
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CHAPTER XV. THE INVITATION OF IRAS.
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CHAPTER XVI. IN THE PALACE OF IDERNEE.
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BOOK SIXTH.
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CHAPTER I. THE TOWER OF ANTONIA-CELL No. VI.
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CHAPTER II. THE LEPERS.
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CHAPTER III. JERUSALEM AGAIN.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV. BEN-HUR AT HIS FATHER'S GATE.
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CHAPTER V. THE TOMB ABOVE THE KING'S GARDEN.
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CHAPTER VI. A TRICK OF PILATE'S-THE COMBAT.
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BOOK SEVENTH.
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CHAPTER I. JERUSALEM GOES OUT TO A PROPHET.
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CHAPTER II. NOONING BY THE POOL-IRAS.
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CHAPTER III. THE LIFE OF A SOUL.
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CHAPTER IV. BEN-HUR KEEPS WATCH WITH IRAS.
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CHAPTER V. AT BETHABARA.
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BOOK EIGHTH.
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CHAPTER I. GUESTS IN THE HOUSE OF HUR.
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CHAPTER II. BEN-HUR TELLS OF THE NAZARENE.
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CHAPTER III. THE LEPERS LEAVE THEIR TOMB.
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CHAPTER IV. THE MIRACLE.
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CHAPTER V. PILGRIMS TO THE PASSOVER.
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CHAPTER VI. A SERPENT OF THE NILE.
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CHAPTER VII. BEN-HUR RETURNS TO ESTHER.
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CHAPTER VIII. GETHSEMANE-"WHOM SEEK YE?"
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CHAPTER IX. THE GOING TO CALVARY.
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CHAPTER X. THE CRUCIFIXION.

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Ben-Hur

A Tale of the Christ

By


LEW WALLACE


Illustrated with scenes and characters from the play.

New York and London

Harper & Brothers Publishers
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"Learn of the philosophers always to look for natural causes in all extraordinary events; and when such natural causes are wanting, recur to God." —Count de Gabalis


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