Project Gutenberg 2004-11-22 Public domain in the USA. 166 Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron 1803 1873 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Bulwer, Edward Lytton Lytton, Edward Bulwer Eugene Aram — Complete Reading ease score: 65.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by David Widger "Eugene Aram" by Edward Bulwer Lytton is a novel written in the early 19th century that delves into the life of a character fraught with contradictions. The story revolves around Eugene Aram, a complex scholar whose brilliance is overshadowed by the shadow of a crime—the murder for gain—which creates a moral enigma for the reader. Through this narrative, the author intends to explore themes of intellect, morality, and the impact of circumstance on human behavior. At the start of the tale, we are introduced to the tranquil village of Grassdale, characterized by its picturesque landscape and the simple lives of its inhabitants. The narrative begins with a rich description of the village and its notable residents, particularly focusing on Rowland Lester, his daughters Madeline and Ellinor, and their cousin Walter. These characters are portrayed against the backdrop of a peaceful community disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious stranger, who is later suggested to have connections to Eugene Aram. The opening sets the tone for a story mingled with intrigue and foreshadows the intertwining fates of its characters as they navigate their lives around the specter of crime and intellectual pursuit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Aram, Eugene, 1704-1759 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1090504 1090541 2024-10-04T03:49:06.687116 2023-10-04T04:35:49.057662 text/html text/html 1140221 2021-01-26T23:41:13 text/html; charset=utf-8 1249047 2021-01-26T23:41:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 903441 2024-10-04T03:49:20.449077 application/epub+zip 922184 2024-10-04T03:49:10.505058 application/epub+zip 488510 2024-10-04T03:49:08.889073 application/epub+zip 1255191 2024-10-04T03:49:28.368939 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1204744 2024-10-04T03:49:19.274122 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 740677 2022-09-04T06:41:11.106851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 950834 950827 2024-10-04T03:49:04.872157 2023-10-04T04:35:47.587605 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 964465 2016-08-28T07:18:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 380733 2020-12-30T17:42:05 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 950601 2009-03-16T04:41:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 378891 2020-12-30T17:42:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 950592 2009-03-16T04:41:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 378873 2020-12-30T17:42:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23142 2024-10-04T03:49:28.504938 application/rdf+xml 14040 2024-10-04T03:49:09.464112 image/jpeg 3799 2024-10-04T03:49:09.177041 image/jpeg 869659 2024-10-04T03:49:06.793120 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia