The complete online text of Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 02 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...

If, as Shakespeare said, |all the world's a stage,' then few can match the range of roles played by 17th century chemist Sir Kenelm Digby. Besides being a scientist, he was a naval commander, diplomat, poet, chef, astrologer and magician. In a list...

August Busch IV reports that Anheuser-Busch, Inc. achieved record U.S. beer sales volume in 2002. "We are extremely pleased to report that our domestic beer shipments to wholesalers grew to an all-time high of 101.8 million barrels in 2002--increasing 2.1 million barrels or...