Author
Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton (1803–1873) is represented here by 57 public-domain titles, including "My Novel" — Volume 01, "My Novel" — Volume 02, and "My Novel" — Volume 03. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here.
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
The Last Days of Pompeii was inspired by the painting The Last Day of Pompeii by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. The Last Days of Pompeii culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
The Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride, commonly known as The Lady of Lyons, is a five-act romantic melodrama written in 1838 by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton. The Lady of Lyons; Or, Love and Pride was first produced in London at Covent Garden Theatre on 15 February 1838 and was revived many times over the rest of the 19th century.
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
It depicts the events leading up to the execution of Eugene Aram in for murdering his business partner.
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Pelham was his breakthrough novel, launching him as one of Britain's leading authors. Pelham is part of the tradition of silver fork novels that enjoyed great popularity in the late Regency and early Victorian eras.
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Ernest Maltravers is Gothic in style, and features a protagonist combining "Byronic stature and Coleridgean philosophical ambition". The following year it was adapted into a stage play of the same title by Louisa Medina, which first appeared on 28 March at the National Theatre in New York City.
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Kenelm Chillingly was published in three volumes by William Blackwood. Kenelm Chillingly was published the same year as his death and was his penultimate work before the posthumous The Parisians.
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Paul Clifford tells the life of Paul Clifford, a man who leads a dual life as both a criminal and an upscale gentleman. Paul Clifford was successful upon its release.
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
It concerns the life of an idealistic man, Percy Godolphin, and his eventual lover, Constance Vernon. Written as a frame narrative, Godolphin provides a satirical insight into the day-to-day lives of the early 19th-century British elite.
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book I is set in Granada, Spain at the end of the Middle Ages — beginning in the summer. Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book I was originally published in an expensive form, with many engraved illustrations.