Chapter I.
The two gentlemen of Pompeii.
‘Ho, Diomed, well met! Do you sup
with Glaucus to-night?’ said a young man of
small stature, who wore his tunic in those loose and
effeminat...
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Biographies (3)
British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) wrote Falkland, Pelham, and Eugene Aram. These novels won instant success and made him a wealthy man. As a result, he entered Parliament as a liberal me...
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In his own day, Bulwer's position among the most unquestionably popular and the most critically esteemed novelists seemed firmly established. As with so many Victorian writers, though, his fortunes de...
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In his own lifetime, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, better known by his pseudonym Owen Meredith, was much more highly regarded as a poet than he is today. His lyrics were praised by discriminating criti...
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Last Days of Pompeii
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Edward (George Earle Lytton) Bulwer-Lytton