The complete online text of Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Complete 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...

Directed by Dariush Mehrjui. Starring Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, and Jamileh Sheikhi. VHS, color, 129 mins.; Farsi with English subtitles. Distributed by First Run Features, 153 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014. Although it should no longer sound strange to refer to...

(IRANIAN) A Farazmand Film production with support from the Hubert Bals Fund, Rotterdam. (International sales: Farabi Cinema Foundation, Tehran.) Produced by Dariush Mehrjui, Faramarz Farazmand. Directed, written by Dariush Mehrjui, based on a story by Mahnaz Ansarian. Camera (color), Mahmoud Kalari;...