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Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton
I began this tale in Rome. Having had occasion to read the original authorities from which modern historians have drawn their accounts of the life of Rienzi, I was led…
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Having long had a wish to illustrate certain periods of the French history, so in the selection of the date in which the scenes of this play are laid, I…
Lytton wrote this play to raise money for a newly formed group of aspiring artists called the Guild of Art and Literature. The play takes place during the reign of…
Dedicate to: The great German People, a Race of Thinkers and Critics. Maltravers is the Man of Genius amidst those fierce but ennobling struggles with poverty and want which geniuses…
This play takes place in 1588 the year of the Armada.
Reveals how tales of witchcraft and ghostland from our forefathers have crept into fashion in modern times.
Shows how the influence of home education, early circumstances and example effect the character and conduct.
""Walpole or Every Man Has His Price"" is a novel written by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The book is set in the 18th century and tells the story of Horace Walpole…
This book fearlessly answers questions about our social, moral and spiritual natures.
This play was unpublished until after Lytton’s death. His son writing the fith and final scene.
Investigates moral consequences and their effects.
Shows how crimes are committed against society, the individual and the soul.
Mystical fiction with a valuable spiritual lesson.
Pelham, conveys the newer, and I believe, sounder moral, of showing how a man of sense can subject the usages of the world to himself instead of being conquered by…
Mystical fiction situated in Paris.
Describes the Social Manners, Habits, and Amusements of the English People.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
This work, designed to illustrate the varieties of public and private life, is dedicated by the author, proud to unite a tribute to services recognized by England.
Zicci is a gothic novel written by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, first published in 1838. The story is set in Naples, Italy, and follows the mysterious and enigmatic character of Zicci…
A mystical narrative of the romance of youth.
This is the earliest of Lord Lytton’s prose fictions.
Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
THOU must not, my old and partial friend, look into this work for that species of interest which is drawn from stirring adventures and a perpetual variety of incident. Thou…
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Mend our law-books as we will, one is forced to confess that knaves are often seen in fine linen, and honest men in the most shabby old rags.
Hip-Hip-Hurrah! Such was the sound that greeted our young traveler as he reached the inn door, -a sound joyous in itself, but sadly out of harmony with the feelings which…
Were you ever in public life, my dear reader? I don’t mean, by that question, to ask whether you were ever Lord Chancellor, Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, or…
The Last of the Barons is a historical novel first published in 1843. Its plot revolves around the power struggle between the English King Edward IV and his powerful minister…
FALKLAND, although the earliest (it was published in 1827) is one of the most carefully finished of its author’s compositions.
The first publication of Godolphin was a celebration of the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832. It was met with backlash by the elite due to its calling out…
Thy enthusiasm blinds and misleads thee, Aliaga, said Calderon, coldly. For me, I tell thee now, as I have told thee before, that I care not a rush for thy…
The music ceased; the dancers remained motionless in their graceful postures, as if arrested into statues of alabaster; and the young songstress cast herself on a cushion at the feet…
Vance and Lionel exchanged looks of surprise, then, by impulse, moved towards the stage, pushed aside the curtain and were in that strange world which has so many reduplications, fragments…
The love story of Harold and Edith is told differently from the well-known legend, which implies a less pure connection. But the whole legend respecting the Edeva faira (Edith the…
SIR PETER CHILLINGLY was the representative of an ancient family and a landed proprietor of some importance. His parents took the pains to select his bride and if they might…
When Evelyn ceased, herself affected, -for the lines were impressed with a wild and melancholy depth of feeling, - again to her mother’s side and seeing her emotion kissed away…
In searching for new regions in the Art, it seemed to me that they might be found lying far and rarely trodden, beyond that range of conventional morality in which…
Rosicrucian fiction about love, life, and occult powers. Lytton was a student of the esoteric sciences and was a known Rosicrucian. Fascinating reading!
Reveals the famous last days of Pompeii in great detail. Interesting reading both for the mystic and the scholar.
In this work, a greater part of the canvas has been devoted to the completion of a simple family picture. It has been my intention to imply the influences of…
Historical drama of the French Cardinal Richelieu.
