Bulwer Lytton: the rise and fall of a Victorian man of letters
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Mitchell, L. G., (Leslie George) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Hambledon and London 2003
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Beschreibung:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index
Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Upbringing of a Puppy; 2 Rosina; 3 'The Misfortune of My Life'; 4 Robert and Emily; 5 Society; 6 A Writer and the Public; 7 Ghosts and Artists; 8 Europe; 9 Radical; 10 Tory; 11 Cabinet Minister; 12 Prophet; Notes; Bibliography; Index
After a prolific life as an author with a European reputation, outselling Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton was ennobled and, on his death, buried in Westminster Abbey. Since the First World War, however, his literary reputation has sunk and he is now little read. Bulwer Lytton is the first modern biography of an extraordinary man whose literary output was prodigious. It ranged from novels, such as The Last Days of Pompeii, and poetry to plays, biographies and extensive political commentaries and journalism. A dandy to rival Disraeli, he lived life in London, at Knebworth, his country house, or mo
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 292 pages, [16] pages of plates)
ISBN:9780826421661
0826421660
1852854235
9781852854232

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Fernleihe Bestellen Achtung: Nicht im THWS-Bestand! Volltext öffnen