Alice Or The Mysteries A Sequel To Ernest Maltravers By Edward Bulwer Lytton Lord Lytton

Author : Edward Bulwer Lytton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528385343
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Alice, Or the Mysteries written by Edward Bulwer Lytton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Alice, or the Mysteries: A Sequel to "Ernest Maltravers" As we have already said, Ernest Maltravers and Alice are one story, the leading characters of both being the same. In the present volume we have an account of the early years, training, and development into womanhood of Evelyn Cam eron, one of the most charming creations of Bul wer's genius, to whom Maltravers, a fourth time love-smitten, is finally betrothed, but who, by an unexpected turn of events, is married, not to that heart-breaker, but to Colonel Legard. Some new minor characters are introduced, among the most interesting of whom are Aubrey and Merton, the rectors; Caroline Merton; the stubborn, passionate old brute, Legard, the admiral; his nephew George, who, regarding his uncle as an exhaustless mine, goes on breaking hearts and making debts till one morning he wakes in the bench; and Douce, the nervous, stammering little banker, - all of whom are well drawn, but require no special comment. Novelists, even of the highest genius, will always require, we suppose, the help of remarkable acci dents, extraordinary meetings, strange surprises, and other such machinery, to work out their plots. 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 original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.