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 me...
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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 de...
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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 criti...
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Bye-bye bottled water. Hello eau de tap. A new trend is in the pipeline, with some upscale restaurants ditching packaged H2O in the name of conservation.The bottled water backlash, which recently s...
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Dresden, Germany (dpa) - Operas by German composer Richard Wagner
(1813-1883) may become regular events in the Gulf, according to the
secretary of the Abu Dhabi Wagner Socie...
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Dresden, Germany (dpa) - Italian conductor Fabio Luisi, 48, is to
lead a top German orchestra this March in a performance in Abu Dhabi
of works by German opera great Richard...
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