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The Parisians — Complete

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

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English Originals Foreign Literature Political CareerGroup BiographyUrban RomanceComplex HumanitySocial CritiqueSatirical StyleSocial ObservationFrench Society

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.The Parisians — Complete by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton LyttonAuthor: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Nov 27, 2004

Editor's review

This complete edition of The Parisians is Baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton's full-length novel set in Paris, issued by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain English ebook. Its value lies first in its panoramic treatment of social manners: the author, long attentive to the English upper class and European city life, interweaves Parisian high society, political undercurrents, and private passions, so the book reads with the ease of a novel of manners and the suspense of a plotted narrative. The advantage of the complete text is that readers need not accommodate volume breaks; character relationships and planted clues unfold and pay off in one continuous flow, making it suitable for those willing to spend a long stretch of time entering an old European urban world. As a nineteenth-century English novel, its pacing, sentence density, and moral commentary bear clear marks of their era; today it reads more as an encounter with a narrative tradition than as a bid for fast-paced reading pleasure. The electronic edition makes names of people and places easy to search, suiting comparative reading or close textual study. It is best read in uninterrupted blocks of time rather than on commutes, with a map or historical timeline at hand for a fuller experience.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Readers who enjoy nineteenth-century English novels and European urban social fiction
  • Students studying Bulwer-Lytton's narrative style and Victorian fiction
  • Advanced English readers who wish to do close reading or sentence study with the original English text
  • History and literature enthusiasts interested in Parisian social manners and political atmosphere

Not a good fit for

  • Contemporary genre-fiction readers who prefer short chapters, strong pacing, and immediate twists
  • Beginning readers with limited English reading experience who need notes and guided introductions
  • Readers seeking systematic knowledge of Parisian history rather than literary imagination

Reading tips

  1. Begin with the table of contents and chapter titles to map the main character relationships before entering the text.
  2. After each narrative section, note in a sentence or two the characters' motives and changes of scene.
  3. For long sentences and passages of commentary, read first for the gist, then return to examine the wording closely on a second pass.
  4. Keep a timeline of nineteenth-century French history at hand to help understand the novel's political background.

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this book the complete version or an abridged selection?
According to Project Gutenberg, this is the complete text of The Parisians; the English ebook contains the whole book in one place, so readers need not seek later chapters by volume and can read continuously.
What level of English difficulty does it involve?
It uses the typical style of a nineteenth-century English novel: long sentences, much commentary, and vocabulary that is not obscure but whose expression is distant from modern English. Readers with a college-level English reading base and experience with long novels will find it easier to enter.
Can I understand it without relevant historical background?
The plot itself can be understood on its own, but the social hierarchies and political atmosphere it depicts bear the marks of their era. Browsing a concise outline of nineteenth-century French history beforehand is recommended to reduce obstacles to understanding.
How is the electronic edition best used?
The electronic edition makes it easy to search the full text for names, places, and keywords, suiting character-mapping and thematic excerpting. It can also be read alongside a paper copy or another device for easy review of earlier planted clues.

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About the author

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.

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