A Voice in the Wind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

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Parts 1-2

Part 3, Chapters 3-6

Part 3, Chapters 7-11

Part 3, Chapters 12-16

Part 3, Chapters 17-20

Part 3, Chapters 21-26

Part 4, Chapters 27-31

Part 4, Chapters 32-37

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Essay Topics

Rivers’s two main protagonists—Hadassah and Atretes—follow parallel yet very different narrative paths. What are some of the similarities? What are some differences?

Compare Hadassah’s concept of honor with Atretes’. How does she begin to win him over in the end? How would their relationship have been different if Atretes had remained wealthy and assimilated?

Rivers claims that any similarities between Rome and contemporary society were unintentional, yet those parallels are evident. What are some of those similarities?