The complete online text of Devereux — Volume 06 by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton.

British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) wrote Falkland, Pelham, and Eugene Aram. These novels won instant success and made him a wealthy man. As a result, he entered Parliament as a liberal member representing St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. Bulwer-Ly...

In his own day, Bulwer's position among the most unquestionably popular and the most critically esteemed novelists seemed firmly established. As with so many Victorian writers, though, his fortunes declined drastically after his death, and not until fair...

In his own lifetime, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, better known by his pseudonym Owen Meredith, was much more highly regarded as a poet than he is today. His lyrics were praised by discriminating critics, and he was especially well received in America, wh...

John Ryan Devereux III, 83, an independent home builder in Montgomery and Howard counties, died of complications of a stroke Sept. 30 at Lorien Columbia Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Columbia. Mr. Devereux was born in Baltimore and grew up in Chevy Chase....

Devereux Butcher, 84, a writer and former conservation group executive who fought to preserve the national park system, died of complications from a fall May 22 at his home in Gladwyn, Pa. The author of four books about park systems, he was a...