The Disowned
One of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's earliest novels. The character of the villainous Richard Crawford in The Disowned, also published in 1828, borrowed much from that of the banker and forger Henry Fauntleroy, who was hanged in London in 1824 before a crowd of some 100,000. [Wikipedia]
One of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's earliest novels. The character of the villainous Richard Crawford in The Disowned, also published in 1828, borrowed much from that of the banker and forger Henry Fauntleroy, who was hanged in London in 1824 before a crowd of some 100,000. [Wikipedia]
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Format: hardcover
Publish date: 1829
Publisher: H. Colburn
Edition language: English
Bulwer-Lytton is a guilty pleasure for me; he's nowhere near as good a writer as some of his Victorian contemporaries, but I love his silly, pompous coinages based on Latin and Greek roots, and if you just go with the flow when he goes off on some lengthy philosophical or moral tangent, sometimes wh...
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