The Life, Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton

Published in 1883, this two-volume work sheds light on an author who was outsold only by Dickens in his lifetime.

Résumé
One of the most popular writers of his age, outsold only by Dickens, Edward George Bulwer Lytton (1803-73), first Baron Lytton, notably coined the phrases 'the great unwashed' and 'the pen is mightier than the sword'. This two-volume collection, posthumously published in 1883, illuminates a prolific literary life.

Contenu

Preface; Part I. Childhood: 1. The Bulwers; 2. Maternal grandfather and grandmother; 3. The child of parted parents; 4. Knebworth; 5. The Lyttons; 6. First suitors; 7. The deserted house; 8. Elizabeth Lytton; 9. Last suitors; 10. Miss Lytton marries Colonel Bulwer; 11. Birth of William, Henry, and Edward Bulwer; 12. Elizabeth's married life; 13. General Bulwer; 14. The old scholar; 15. The first temptation; 16. Practical ethics; 17. Reminiscences of childhood; 18. The scholar's death; 19. The arrival of the books; 20. The child's intercourse with them; 21. The departure of the books; Part II. School: 1. First experiences of school life; 2. Schoolmaster and schoolboy; 3. Last experiences of school life; 4. Life at Ealing; 5. First essays in authorship; 6. Letters to a fellow-pupil; 7. Letters from elder friends; 8. First love; 9. Love story continued; 10. Life at St Lawrence; 11. The manuscript of Lionel Hastings; 12. Lionel Hastings (cont.); 13. Lionel Hastings (cont.); 14. Lionel Hastings (cont.); 15. Lionel Hastings (cont.); 16. Lionel Hastings (cont.); Part III. College: 1. Life at Cambridge; 2. End of college life; 3. Union debates and college contemporaries; 4. Non-academical studies; 5. Literary works at Cambridge; 6. History of the British public; Part IV. Wanderjahr: 1. The grave of a dream; 2. The tale of a dreamer; 3. Windermere; 4. An adventure; 5. Visit to Mr Owen; 6. An adventure in the Highlands; 7. Scarborough; 8. Life with the gipsies; 9. How it ended; 10. Lady Caroline Lamb; 11. Lady Caroline Lamb (cont.); 12. De Lindsay; 13. First connection with a duel; 14. Social relations with the Faubourg St-Germain.