The Pilgrims of the Rhine: by the Author of "Pelham, " "Eugene Aram, " &c

by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Additional Metadata

Primary Id: B0948300
PSM Id: NCCOF0063-C00000-B0948300
DVI Collection Id: NCCOC0062
Bibliographic Id: NCCO002928
Reel: 0785
MCODE: 4UVC
Original Publisher: Saunders and Otley
Original Publication Year: 1834
Original Publication Place: London



Subjects

English fiction -- 19th century

396 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1834

About the author

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC, was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the infamous incipit "It was a dark and stormy night."

He was the youngest son of General William Earle Bulwer of Heydon Hall and Wood Dalling, Norfolk and Elizabeth Barbara Lytton, daughter of Richard Warburton Lytton of Knebworth, Hertfordshire. He had two brothers, William Earle Lytton Bulwer (1799–1877) and Henry, afterwards Lord Dalling and Bulwer.

Lord Lytton's original surname was Bulwer, the names 'Earle' and 'Lytton' were middle names. On 20 February 1844 he assumed the name and arms of Lytton by royal licence and his surname then became 'Bulwer-Lytton'. His widowed mother had done the same in 1811. His brothers were always simply surnamed 'Bulwer'.

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.22⭐

Preface ✔
The Ideal World 4.25⭐

The Pilgrims of the Rhine:
Chapter I. In Which the Reader is Introduced to Queen Nymphalin 3⭐
Chapter II. The Lovers 3⭐
Chapter III. Feelings 3⭐
Chapter IV. The Maid of Malines 3.5⭐
Chapter V. Rotterdam — The Character of the Dutch 2.5⭐
Chapter VI. Gorcum The Tour of the Virtues: A Philosophers Tale 3.5⭐
Chapter VII. Cologne — The Traces of the Roman Yoke 2.5⭐
Chapter VIII. The Soul in Purgatory; or, Love Stronger than Death 3⭐
Chapter IX. The Scenery of the Rhine Analogous to the German Literary Genius — The Drachenfels 2.5⭐
Chapter X. The Legend of Roland — The Adventures of Nymphalin on the Island of Nonneworth 3⭐
Chapter XI. Wherein the Reader Is Made Spectator with the English Fairies of the Scenes and Beings that are Beneath the Earth 3.25⭐
Chapter XII. The Wooing of Master Fox 4.25⭐
Chapter XIII. The Tomb of a Father of Many Children 3.25⭐
Chapter XIV. The Fairy's Cave, and the Fairy's Wish 3.25⭐
Chapter XV. The Banks of the Rhine, from The Drachenfels to Brohl — an Incident that Suffices in this Tale for an Epoch 3.25⭐
Chapter XVI. Gertrude the Excursion to Hammerstein — Thoughts 3.25⭐
Chapter XVII. Letter from Trevylyan to — 3.25⭐
Chapter XVIII. Coblentz — Excursion to the Mountains of Taunus; Roman Tower in the Valley of Ehrenbreitstein 3⭐
Chapter XIX. The Fallen Star; or, The History of a False Religion 3.75⭐
Chapter XX. Gelnhausen — The Power of Love in Sanctified Places 2.75⭐
Chapter XXI. View of Ehrenbreitstein — A New Alarm in Gertrude's Health 3⭐
Chapter XXII. The Double Life — Trevylyan's Fate 3⭐
Chapter XXIII. The Life of Dreams 4⭐
Chapter XXIV. The Brothers A Tale 4⭐
Chapter XXV. The Immorality of the Soul — A Common Incident Not Before Described 3.75⭐
Chapter XXVI. In Which the Reader Will Learn How the Fairies Were Received by the Sovereigns of the Mines 3⭐
Chapter XVII. Thurmberg — A Storm Upon the Rhine 3⭐
Chapter XXVIII. The Voyage to Bingin — The Simple Incidents in This Tale Excused 2.5⭐
Chapter XXIX. Ellfeld — Mayence 3⭐
Chapter XXX. No Part of the Earth Really Solitary — The Song of the Fairies 3.25⭐
Chapter XXXI. Gertrude and Trevylyan, When the Former is Awakened to the Approach of Death 3.25⭐
Chapter XXXII. A Spot to Be Buried In 3.25⭐
Chapter the Last. The Conclusion of This Tale 3.5⭐

[Bill Borre]

The Soul in Purgatory is also printed in the Big Book of the Masters of Horror
The Wooing of Master Fox is also printed in the Big Book of the Masters of Horror