Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 07

By Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton was a well known English novelist in the 19th century, and he's been immortalized for coining famous phrases like  "pursuit of the almighty dollar" and "the pen is mightier than the sword".


In addition to being a politician, he wrote across all genres, from horror stories to historical fiction and action titles.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Krill Press
• Release date: Dec 25, 2015
• ISBN: 9781518348426

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, engl. Romanschriftsteller und Politiker, ist bekannt geworden durch seine populären historischen/metaphysischen und unvergleichlichen Romane wie „Zanoni“, „Rienzi“, „Die letzten Tage von Pompeji“ und „Das kommende Geschlecht“. Ihm wird die Mitgliedschaft in der sagenumwobenen Gemeinschaft der Rosenkreuzer nachgesagt. 1852 wurde er zum Kolonialminister von Großbritannien ernannt.

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ALICE, OR THE MYSTERIES — BOOK 07

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOOK VII.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 07

By

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 07

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First published circa 1873

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BOOK VII.

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Words of dark import gave suspicion birth.—POTTER.

CHAPTER I.

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LORD VARGRAVE’S TRAVELLING-CARRIAGE WAS AT his door, and he himself was putting on his greatcoat in his library, when Lord Saxingham entered.

What! you are going into the country?

Yes; I wrote you word,—to see Lisle Court.

Ay, true; I had forgot. Somehow or other my memory is not so good as it was. But, let me see, Lisle Court is in ——-shire. Why, you will pass within ten miles of C——-.

"C——-! Shall I? I am not much versed in the geography of England,—never learned it at school. As for Poland, Kamschatka, Mexico, Madagascar, or any other place as to which knowledge would be useful, I have every inch of the way at my finger’s end. But a propos of C——-, it is the town in which my late uncle made his