Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was once Britain's most famous historical novelist, rivalling and outselling Dickens in his day. His best-known book was The Last Days of Pompeii; yet he was also responsible for a great work of history. Athens: Its Rise and Fall, originally published in 1837, is the most important and readable of the Victorian histories of ancient Greece. It stands alongside Macauley and Carlyle as a great historical work of British Romanticism, and anticipates the thinking of George Grote and John Stuart Mill on Greek history by over a decade. 2003 is the bicentenary of Bulwer...
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was once Britain's most famous historical novelist, rivalling and outselling Dickens in his day. His best-known book was The ...
The Coming Race tells the story of a young American man, who discovers the thriving world of a highly advanced race, living deep beneath the earth. This extraordinary classic is considered to be one of the first Science Fiction novels, and is required reading for fans of the genre. It is also believed, by an entirely separate group of avid readers, to be a non-fiction manuscript that contains truthful and accurate information about the past, the present, and a dread future yet to come.
The Coming Race tells the story of a young American man, who discovers the thriving world of a highly advanced race, living deep beneath the earth. Th...
By way of introduction, the author confesses: ..". It so chanced that some years ago, in my younger days, whether of authorship or life, I felt the desire to make myself acquainted with the true origins and tenets of the singular sect known by the name of Rosicrucians." A manuscript came into his hands written in the most unintelligible cipher, a manuscript which through the author's own interpretation became Zanoni. One of the peculiarities of Bulwer was his passion for occult studies. They had a charm for him early in life, and he pursued them with the earnestness which characterized his...
By way of introduction, the author confesses: ..". It so chanced that some years ago, in my younger days, whether of authorship or life, I felt the...
One of the peculiarities of Bulwer was his passion for occult studies. They had a charm for him early in life, and he pursued them with the earnestness which characterized his pursuit of other studies. He became absorbed in wizard lore; he equipped himself with magical implements, -- with rods for transmitting influence, and crystal balls in which to discern coming scenes and persons; and communed with spiritualists and mediums. The fruit of these mystic studies is seen in _Zanoni_ and "A strange Story," romances which were a labor of love to the author, and into which he threw all the...
One of the peculiarities of Bulwer was his passion for occult studies. They had a charm for him early in life, and he pursued them with the earnest...
Zanoni, first published in 1842, was inspired by a dream. Sir Edward, a Rosicrucian, wrote this engaging, well-researched, novel about the eternal conflict between head and heart, between wisdom and love, played out by the Rosicrucians before the dramatic background of the French Revolution. He described his book Zanoni as "a truth for those who can comprehend it, and an extravagance for those who cannot." Following his introduction, the novel is divided into seven parts, whose titles indicate the sevenfold path of spiritual development. The fourth section, "The Dweller of the...
Zanoni, first published in 1842, was inspired by a dream. Sir Edward, a Rosicrucian, wrote this engaging, well-researched, novel about the ete...
Edward Lytton was an English novelist, playwright and politician. Many famous literary phrases come from Lord Lytton such as: "the great unwashed," "pursuit of the almighty dollar," "the pen is mightier than the sword," and "it was a dark and stormy night." Leila or, the Siege of Granada was first published in 1838. The story begins in the summer of 1491. In the spring of 1491, Granada had been all that was left of the former Moorish state when the Spanish forces of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile laid siege to the walled city. The Battle of Granada was fought over...
Edward Lytton was an English novelist, playwright and politician. Many famous literary phrases come from Lord Lytton such as: "the great unwashed," "p...
Edward Lytton was an English novelist, playwright and politician. Many famous literary phrases come from Lord Lytton such as: othe great unwashedo, opursuit of the almighty dollaro, othe pen is mightier than the swordo, and oit was a dark and stormy nighto. Caleb Price wastes his early years and the money he had. He looses touch with his wealthy friends and ends up a poor clergyman in a small village. A visit from an old friend and performing a secret marriage adds flavor to his life. LyttonZs theme is one of conduct. Doing the correct thing is of utmost importance.
Edward Lytton was an English novelist, playwright and politician. Many famous literary phrases come from Lord Lytton such as: othe great unwashedo, op...
Edward Lytton was an English novelist, playwright and politician. Many famous literary phrases come from Lord Lytton such as: "the great unwashed," "pursuit of the almighty dollar," "the pen is mightier than the sword," and "it was a dark and stormy night." An excerpt from the preface reads, "during the early years of the first and most brilliant successes of the French Republic, in the general ferment of society, and the brief equalization of ranks, Claude's high-placed love; his ardent feelings, his unsettled principles (the struggle between which makes the passion of this drama), his...
Edward Lytton was an English novelist, playwright and politician. Many famous literary phrases come from Lord Lytton such as: "the great unwashed," "p...
