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Large format paper back for easy reading. Definitive fiction on early 19th Century Highwaymen

An Englishman is deep in a mine when he falls through a deep chasm into a subterranean world.  Here he encounters an ancient race of superior beings.  This 1871 fantasy draws on the work of Darwin when describing the futuristic world where females dominate, technology is advanced and there is physical perfection.

Edward Lytton was an English novelist, playwright and politician. Many famous literary phrases come from Lord Lytton such as: "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and "it was a dark and stormy night". Some consider The Coming Race to be the first science fiction novel. His story of a superior subterranean master race and the energy form Vril was so compelling that many people believed it...

Lytton was fascinated with the occult especially wizards. He had all the implements for magical studies including rods for transmitting influences and crystal balls for contacting the departed souls. Lytton put his love of the magical into this romance. The Cabala and the alchemist are a part of this weird story. In Zanoni we have two distinct human characters. Mejnour is void of passion and feeling. He is pure intellect rather than a real man...