El protagonista, para quien la libertad de su pueblo tiene prelacion sobre los lujos y comodidades que podria lograr con los romanos. Amigos y enemigos de Ben-Hur estan acertadamente dibujados y el resultado es una de las novelas de aventuras mas fascinantes que existen.

For Ben-Hur, the freedom of his people is more important than the luxuries and good life he can have living as a Roman. This fascinating novel has emotion, adventure, and romance, and all this explains why there have been more a than a dozen movie versions of it.