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Athens: Its Rise and Fall, originally published in 1837, is the
most important and readable of the Victorian histories of ancient
Greece. It stands alongside Macauley and Carlyle as a great
historical work of British Romanticism, and anticipates the
thinking of George Grote and John Stuart Mill on Greek history by
over a decade. Originally published in two volumes, this new
one-volume edition includes the text of the never-before published
'third volume' on which he was working at the time of his death,
recently rediscovered by Oxford academic Oswyn Murray. An absolute
must for any scholar of ancient Greece.
Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton was once Britain's most famous historical
novelist, rivalling and outselling Dickens in his day. His
best-known book was "The Last Days of Pompeii"; yet he was also
responsible for a great work of history. "Athens: Its Rise and
Fall", originally published in 1837, is one of the most important
and readable of the Victorian histories of ancient Greece. It
stands alongside Macauley and Carlyle as a great historical work of
British Romanticism, and anticipates the thinking of George Grote
and John Stuart Mill on Greek history by over a decade. Routledge
is reissuing this influential work, as 2003 is the bicentenary of
Bulwer-Lytton's birth. This new edition includes the text of a
never-before published "third volume", recently discovered by
Oxford academic, Oswyn Murray.
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Last Days of Pompeii (Hardcover)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Illustrated by Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
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Bulwer-Lytton's story of fictional events in Pompeii in the days
leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed the
city. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful
comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger
readers. This edition also includes a biography of Edward
Bulwer-Lytton, theme discussions and study questions, which can be
used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader
in the work at hand.
In 1849 Edward Bulwer Lytton published the popular novel The
Caxtons, about an eccentric family who claimed descent from the
printer William Caxton. Its hero, Pisistratus Caxton, was named as
the author of two subsequent works, My Novel (1853) and What Will
He Do With It? (1859), which were less successful. Bulwer Lytton
was referring to those novels when he named this two-volume
collection of literary and philosophical essays Caxtoniana, first
published in 1863 and here reprinted from the 1864 edition. They
were the result of his wide reading on scientific, philosophical
and occult subjects which he made use of in several of his works,
particularly the supernatural A Strange Story (1862). Many of the
essays in Caxtoniana deal with morality and the artist, others with
literary style, psychology, politics and readership. Lytton claimed
that these subjects were expressed in the form of romance in the
'Caxton' novels.
In 1849 Edward Bulwer Lytton published the popular novel The
Caxtons, about an eccentric family who claimed descent from the
printer William Caxton. Its hero, Pisistratus Caxton, was named as
the author of two subsequent works, My Novel (1853) and What Will
He Do With It? (1859), which were less successful. Bulwer Lytton
was referring to those novels when he named this two-volume
collection of literary and philosophical essays Caxtoniana, first
published in 1863 and here reprinted from the 1864 edition. They
were the result of his wide reading on scientific, philosophical
and occult subjects which he made use of in several of his works,
particularly the supernatural A Strange Story (1862). Many of the
essays in Caxtoniana deal with morality and the artist, others with
literary style, psychology, politics and readership. Lytton claimed
that these subjects were expressed in the form of romance in the
'Caxton' novels.
Classic Victorian tale of the last days of Pompeii, doomed city
that lay at the feet of Mount Vesuvius. From poets to flower-girls,
gladiators to Roman tribunes, here is a plausible story of their
lives, their loves, and the tragic fate that awaited them.
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