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Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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…
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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…
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.
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!
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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…
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton
Shows how the influence of home education, early circumstances and example effect the character and conduct.
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…
Historical drama of the French Cardinal Richelieu.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
""Paul Clifford"" is a novel written by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, first published in 1830. It tells the story of the eponymous character, a young man who becomes a highwayman after…
Describes the Social Manners, Habits, and Amusements of the English People.
This book contains volumes 1 and 2 of the original work. Of the general nature both of these Conversations and the various papers which precede them, Sir Lytton observes that…
So we passed under the boughs of the dark tree, and Lilian left me and kissed Mrs. Ashleigh’s cheek; then, seating herself on the turf, laid her head on her…
""The House and the Brain"" is a horror novella written by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The story revolves around a haunted house located in the English countryside. The narrator, who is…
""The Haunted and the Haunters or the House and the Brain"" is a classic horror novella written by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The story follows a narrator who, after hearing rumors…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Complete biography of the great Saxon King, Harold.
Paul Clifford is a novel written by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, first published in 1830. The book tells the story of the eponymous protagonist, Paul Clifford, who is a young man…
This book, written in 1842, is one of the finest examples of Spiritual Fiction and influenced the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Divided in seven sections, the fourth, entitled…
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Vril is mankind’s occult power of the future, and the kind of life and society created by its use. This book vividly describes Vril in vivid, prophetic, detail. Written over…
THIS 32 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Strange Story and the Haunted and the Haunters, by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN…
THIS 58 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Little Classics Stories of Intellect, by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1417900903.
For we are all human, he has, in one instance, and but one, suffered his judgment to be misled by too great a regard for Money! This time of this…
