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Edward Bulwer-Lytton veröffentlichte seinen berühmten Roman 1834 unter dem Eindruck der Ausgrabungen in Pompeji, durch die die Kenntnis des römischen Lebens im 19. Jahrhundert enorm erweitert wurde. Hauptfiguren sind der reiche Grieche Glaukus und dessen Geliebte Ione, die im Jahr 79 unmittelbar vor dem Ausbruch des Vesuvs in einen Strudel von mörderischen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Anhängern exotischer Kulte und dem gerade aufkommenden Chr...

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), Autor des Klassikers »Die letzten Tage von Pompeji«, veröffentlichte 1871 mit »Das kommende Geschlecht« eine der ersten Antiutopien der Literaturgeschichte: Als der Erzähler ein Bergwerk besichtigt, entdeckt er eine unterirdisch lebende Rasse von Supermenschen, die Vril-Kultur. Der Namen leitet sich her von einer unbegrenzten Energiequelle, der allen Bewohnern der unterirdischen Zivilisation zur Verfügung steh...

Originally published in 1837, this is one of the most important and readable of the Victorian histories of ancient Greece. This new edition includes the text of a never-before published 'third volume', recently discovered by Oxford academic, Oswyn Murray.

You must often have felt, gentlemen, -- each and all of you, -- especially when sitting alone at night, a strange and unaccountable sensation of coldness and awe creep over you, your blood curdles, and the heart stands still, the limbs shiver, the hair bristles, you are afraid to look up, to turn your eyes to the darker corners of the room, you have a horrible fancy that something unearthly is at hand. Presently the whole spell, if I may so ca...

And do you think, my lord, that Mr. Maltravers has never to this day ascertained what became of the poor young woman?" "Why, let me see, -- what was her name?" The magistrate thought a moment, and replied, "Alice Darvil." "Alice!" exclaimed Vargrave. "Alice!" -- aware that such was the Christian name of his uncle's wife, and now almost convinced of the truth of his first vague suspicion. "You seem to know the name?" "Of Alice, yes -- but not D...

Of course, according to the most obvious principles of art, the narrator of a fiction must be as thoroughly in earnest as if he were the narrator of facts. One could not tell the most extravagant fairy-tale so as to rouse and sustain the attention of the most infantine listener, if the tale were told as if the taleteller did not believe in it. But when the reader lays down this "Strange Story, " perhaps he will detect, through all the haze of ...

Lucretia, or, The Children of Night, was begun simultaneously with The Caxtons: a Family Picture. The two fictions were intended as pendants, both serving, amongst other collateral aims and objects, to show the influence of home education, of early circumstance and example, upon after character and conduct. Lucretia was completed and published before The Caxtons. The moral design of the first was misunderstood and assailed, that of the last wa...

One of the peculiarities of Bulwer was his passion for occult studies. They had a charm for him early in life, and he pursued them with the earnestness which characterized his pursuit of other studies. He became absorbed in wizard lore, he equipped himself with magical implements, -- with rods for transmitting influence, and crystal balls in which to discern coming scenes and persons, and communed with spiritualists and mediums. The fruit of t...

Bulwer-Lytton is legend nowadays for the qualities of his prose: but we find his prose attractive, in its languid way, and certainly the man was a profound thinker. "Vril" is a mysterious energy used by Lytton's subterranean race -- refugees from the deluge that submerged Atlantis -- to power their advanced civilization. Generations of occultists have mistaken this bit of business for something other than fiction, and still more generations of...

Bulwer-Lytton's story of fictional events in Pompeii in the days leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed the city.

Gearbox Giraffe Press, an imprint of nereusmedia, presents new publications on Transhumanism and Artificial Intelligence, timely topics at the dawn of the Singularity. Author and researcher August Moldenhauer presents the origins of Transhumanism and Artificial Intelligence in this newly edited edition of Edward Buwler-Lytton's "The Coming Race" exposing the power of the "vril". This annotated edition also includes Moldenhauer's introduction "...

Excerpt from Selected Poems In 1861 he published a small volume entitled Serbski Pesme, or, National Songs of Servia. This was the result of a visit to Belgrade. He had been sent there on a diplomatic mission, and used the Opportunity to investigate the history, customs, and characteristics of the Servian people. With an ever eager curiosity in many branches of knowledge, poetry had always the foremost place with him, and he was pleased to ha...

Excerpt from Night and Morning Low for its breath to vivify, and its wings to raise, that the Herd awaken from their chronic lethargy of contempt, and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the ...

Miscellaneous Prose Works - Volume III. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks ne...

Excerpt from Calderon, the Courtier: A Tale Tan tragi-comedy of Court Intrigue, which had ever found its principal theatre in Spain since the accession of the Honse of Austria to the throne, was represented with singular com plication of incident, and brilliancy of perfo rm ance, during the reign of Philip the Third. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbook...

Kenelm Chillingly - His Adventures and Opinions is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1873. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hanse...

A collection of the thoughts and sentiments that constitute the Romance of youth'.

The Coming Race is an important work of nineteenth-century utopian science fiction.

This 1842 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton tells a complicated story of love and occult aspiration, interlacing three separate plots. The first chapters give few clues to the fascinating mysteries revealed later in the book, but the wait is worth the effort. The seven parts of the novel give an indication of a sevenfold path of spiritual development lying behind the story itself. The fourth section, "The Dweller of the Threshold, " is a highly si...