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The Pilgrims of the RhineEdward Bulwer-Lytton The Pilgrims of the Rhine TO HENRY LYTTON BULWER.ALLOW me, my dear Brother, to dedicate this Work to you. The greater part of it (namely, the tales which vary and relieve the voyages of Gertrude and Trevylyan) was written in the pleasant excursion we ...

Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton Night and Morning, Complete PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1845 Much has been written by critics, especially by those in Germany (the native land of criticism), upon the important question, whether to please or to instruct should be the end of Fiction—wh...

Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete Edward Bulwer-Lytton Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete BOOK I "Thee, hid the bowering vales amidst, I call." —EURIPIDES: Hel. I. 1116. CHAPTER I Who art thou, fair one, who usurp'st the place Of Blanch, the lady of the matchless grace?— LAMB. IT was towards the...

Night and Morning, Volume 5Edward Bulwer Lytton Night and Morning, Volume 5 Book V CHAPTER I "Per ambages et ministeria deorum."—PETRONTUS. [Through the mysteries and ministerings of the gods.] Mr. Roger Morton was behind his counter one drizzling, melancholy day. Mr. Roger Morton, alderman, and ...

Night and Morning, Volume 4Edward Bulwer Lytton Night and Morning, Volume 4 Book IV CHAPTER I "O that sweet gleam of sunshine on the lake!" WILSON'S City of the PlagueIf, reader, you have ever looked through a solar microscope at the monsters in a drop of water, perhaps you have wondered to yours...

Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 01 BOOK I "Thee, hid the bowering vales amidst, I call." —EURIPIDES: Hel. I. 1116. CHAPTER I Who art thou, fair one, who usurp'st the place Of Blanch, the lady of the matchless grace? —LAMB. IT was towards the e...

Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book IEdward Bulwer Lytton Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book I Book I CHAPTER I THE ENCHANTER AND THE WARRIORIt was the summer of the year 1491, and the armies of Ferdinand and Isabel invested the city of Granada.The night was not far advanced; and the moon, whi...

Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book IIEdward Bulwer Lytton Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book II Book II CHAPTER I THE ROYAL TENT OF SPAIN.—THE KING AND THE DOMINICAN—THE VISITOR AND THE HOSTAGEOur narrative now summons us to the Christian army, and to the tent in which the Spanish king held n...

Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book VEdward Bulwer Lytton Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book V Book V CHAPTER I THE GREAT BATTLEThe day slowly dawned upon that awful night; and the Moors, still upon the battlements of Granada, beheld the whole army of Ferdinand on its march towards their wails...

Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book IIIEdward Bulwer Lytton Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book III Book III CHAPTER I ISABEL AND THE JEWISH MAIDENWhile this scene took place before the tribunal of Torquemada, Leila had been summoned from the indulgence of fears, which her gentle nature and her...