Devereux — Volume 04

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 187K words
Chapters: 19

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Devereux — Volume 04 by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton LyttonAuthor: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Mar 1, 2005

Editor's review

This is Volume 04 of Devereux, likewise a public-domain English ebook released by Project Gutenberg. As a later volume of the novel, it serves to draw together and advance the narrative and is indispensable for understanding the structure of the whole work. Lytton's writing dwells on the interweaving of psychology and social setting, in an elegant if somewhat elaborate style; readers can continue to experience his narrative rhythm and period atmosphere in this volume. The electronic edition is easy to search and carry, making it suitable as source material for literary research or reading in the original. Lacking modern annotation, it requires readers to supply historical and textual background themselves. Reading it in continuity with the earlier volumes, and noting the turns in the characters' fortunes and the echoes of theme, will yield a fuller reading experience.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Original-text readers who have finished the first three volumes and are ready to continue
Literary scholars and thesis writers working on Lytton's novels
English majors who need public-domain English source texts for textual analysis
Enthusiasts who prefer reading nineteenth-century British novels at length

Not a good fit for

Readers who have not read the earlier volumes and want to jump straight to the ending
Readers who need detailed annotations and modern introductory guidance
General readers who prefer fast-paced, short reading

Reading tips

Continue from Volume 03 to keep the character threads continuous
After finishing, review the structure of the whole book and sort out the main plot and themes
Excerpt representative passages for analyzing Lytton's narrative style
Combine with reference material on nineteenth-century British society for deeper understanding

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Is Volume 04 the final volume of the novel?

The available information only confirms that this is Volume 04 of Devereux; it cannot be used to determine whether the whole work ends here. Consult the Project Gutenberg entry or the complete table of contents to confirm the total number of volumes and what follows.

Is this electronic edition suitable for academic citation?

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Do I need to know the author's background to read this series?

Some knowledge of Lytton's life and the era in which he wrote helps. He was a prolific nineteenth-century British writer whose works often engage with historical and social issues. A basic grounding beforehand makes it easier to understand the characters' motives and the narrative arrangement.

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Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873 Author

Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton (1803–1873) was an English novelist, playwright and politician. The library holds 220 of his works, spanning a wide range of subjects: the historical novel The Last Days of Pompeii, set against the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79; Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes, on the Roman tribune Cola di Rienzo; and Eugene Aram, a narrative drawn from a criminal case. He also wrote society novels such as Pelham, the family portrait The Caxtons, and the historical study Athens: Its Rise and Fall; the short tale The Haunted and the Haunters, or The House and the Brain reflects his interest in the supernatural. His style is ornate and his plots elaborate, combining romantic colouring with social satire. Public information is limited, and systematic Chinese-language appraisal of his life and work remains scarce.