EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON Ultimate Collection: Novels, Plays, Poems & Essays (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian Historical Romance, Occult Fantasy, Social Satire & Literary EssaysBy Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Length559h 4m
About this audiobook
Bringing together the novels, plays, poems, and essays of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, this Ultimate Collection offers a panoramic view of one of Victorian Britain's most versatile literary minds. Its contents range from fashionable silver-fork fiction and historical romance to occult speculation, social satire, drama, and reflective verse. Bulwer-Lytton's style is ornate, rhetorical, and ambitious, often uniting melodramatic intensity with philosophical inquiry. Read within the context of nineteenth-century print culture, the collection reveals an author deeply engaged with class, power, destiny, and the shaping myths of modernity. Bulwer-Lytton was not merely a novelist but also a politician, dramatist, and public intellectual, experiences that informed his fascination with authority, reputation, reform, and social performance. His aristocratic background, parliamentary career, and involvement in literary circles placed him at the intersection of art and public life. These circumstances help explain the breadth of his work, from political reflection to imaginative explorations of history and the supernatural. This collection is recommended for readers seeking a substantial encounter with Victorian literature beyond its most familiar names. Scholars, students, and general readers will find in Bulwer-Lytton a writer whose influence, range, and contradictions illuminate the literary culture of his age.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length559 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 7, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5NOVELS & NOVELLAS
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6THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII
7BOOK THE FIRST (pt. 1)
8BOOK THE FIRST (pt. 2)
9BOOK THE SECOND (pt. 1)
10BOOK THE SECOND (pt. 2)
11BOOK THE THIRD (pt. 1)
12BOOK THE THIRD (pt. 2)
13BOOK THE FOURTH (pt. 1)
14BOOK THE FOURTH (pt. 2)
15BOOK THE FIFTH (pt. 1)
16BOOK THE FIFTH (pt. 2)
17THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE (pt. 1)
18THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE (pt. 2)
19THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE (pt. 3)
20THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE (pt. 4)
21RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE ROMAN TRIBUNES
22BOOK I. THE TIME, THE PLACE, AND THE MEN. (pt. 1)
23BOOK I. THE TIME, THE PLACE, AND THE MEN. (pt. 2)
24BOOK II. THE REVOLUTION (pt. 1)
25BOOK II. THE REVOLUTION (pt. 2)
26BOOK III. THE FREEDOM WITHOUT LAW.
27BOOK IV. THE TRIUMPH AND THE POMP.
28BOOK V. THE CRISIS.
29BOOK VI. THE PLAGUE.
30BOOK VII. THE PRISON.
31BOOK VIII. THE GRAND COMPANY.
32BOOK IX. THE RETURN.
33BOOK X. THE LION Of BASALT.
34FALKLAND
35BOOK I.
36BOOK II.
37BOOK III.
38BOOK IV.
39PELHAM
40VOLUME I. (pt. 1)
41VOLUME I. (pt. 2)
42VOLUME II.
43VOLUME III. (pt. 1)
44VOLUME III. (pt. 2)
45VOLUME IV. (pt. 1)
46VOLUME IV. (pt. 2)
47VOLUME V.
48VOLUME VI.
49VOLUME VII. (pt. 1)
50VOLUME VII. (pt. 2)
Gesammelte Romane und Erzählungen: Die letzten Tage von Pompeji + Das Geschlecht der Zukunft + Das Haus des schwarzen Magiers + Die Pilger des Rheins + Paul Clifford und mehr (Kommentiert)Edward Bulwer-Lytton133h 42m$1 · $0.00
Das Geschlecht der Zukunft (Kommentiert)Edward Bulwer-Lytton7h 12m$1 · $0.00
Godolphin (Kommentiert)Edward Bulwer-Lytton16h 13m$1 · $0.00
The Greatest Gothich Novels of Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Annotated)Edward Bulwer-Lytton53h$2 · $0.00
The Last Days of Pompeii (Annotated)Edward Bulwer-Lytton17h 50m$2 · $0.00
Ausgewählte Romane und Erzählungen von Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Kommentiert)Edward Bulwer-Lytton133h 42m$1 · $0.00
Zanoni (Annotated)Edward Bulwer-Lytton17h 9m$2 · $0.00
Die Pilger des Rheins (Die ideale Welt) (Kommentiert)Edward Bulwer-Lytton11h 56m$1 · $0.00
Eugen Aram: Kriminalroman (Kommentiert)Edward Bulwer-Lytton21h 40m$1 · $0.00
LOST IN ROME (Annotated)Edward Bulwer-Lytton37h 38m$2 · $0.00
Paul Clifford (Annotated)Edward Bulwer-Lytton20h 43m$2 · $0.00
The Coming RaceEdward Bulwer-Lytton6h 34m$2 · $0.00
Rienzi, Last of the Roman TribunesEdward Bulwer-Lytton20h 36m$1 · $0.00
The Greatest Gothich Novels of Edward Bulwer-LyttonEdward Bulwer-Lytton53h 15m$1 · $0.00
Die Pilger des RheinsEdward Bulwer-Lytton10h 48m$2 · $0.00
Back in Roman TimesEdward Bulwer-Lytton37h 33m$1 · $0.00
Die letzten Tage von Pompeji: Historischer RomanEdward Bulwer-Lytton20h 41m$1 · $0.00
Die letzten Tage von Pompeji (Historischer Roman)Edward Bulwer-Lytton20h 39m$2 · $0.00
Das Geschlecht der ZukunftEdward Bulwer-Lytton6h 9m$2 · $0.00
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