The complete online text of Pelham — Volume 07 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...

Over the years, magazines have regularly, and laudably, published essays on neglected books. But First Encounter will be a little different. Roughly once a month for the coming year, I will write about a notable, but not too notable, 19th-century novel that I have...

How did Pelham, N.H., get its name? A. Although Pelham was not incorporated as a town until 1746, and indeed was considered part of Massachusetts, its settler history goes back to John Butler and David Hamblett. In 1721, the two Woburn men started...