Project Gutenberg 2005-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 55 Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron 1803 1873 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Bulwer, Edward Lytton Lytton, Edward Bulwer "My Novel" — Volume 05 Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. This eBook was produced by David Widger "My Novel" — Volume 05 by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton is a fictional novel likely written in the mid-19th century. The narrative revolves around themes of family, class dynamics, and social critique, as seen through the interactions of various characters such as Mr. Richard Avenel, his nephew Leonard, and the struggling soldier Mr. Digby, who becomes a poignant figure representing the challenges of poverty and societal expectations. At the start of the novel, we meet several key characters: Pisistratus, who discusses the nature of novels with his father; Richard Avenel, a wealthy but brash individual returning to a large town and flaunting his newfound status; and Leonard, a humble student who finds solace in literature. As the story unfolds, Richard's elitism clashes with Leonard's values, particularly regarding their perceptions of working-class struggles. Furthermore, Mr. Digby's plight highlights the failures of society to care for its less fortunate members, as he desperately seeks a future for his daughter but encounters rejection and scorn from those who once knew him. The opening sets a complex stage where individual ambition and societal constraints intersect, inviting readers to reflect on class and morality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Germany -- Fiction England -- Fiction Domestic fiction Inventors -- Fiction Poets -- Fiction Death -- Fiction Rhine River -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 192713 192640 2024-10-04T04:07:17.442871 2023-10-04T04:48:26.045582 text/html text/html 192706 192633 2024-10-04T04:07:17.682860 2023-10-04T04:48:26.193584 text/html text/html 155692 2024-10-04T04:07:24.455866 application/epub+zip 157995 2024-10-04T04:07:21.008845 application/epub+zip 135046 2024-10-04T04:07:19.779833 application/epub+zip 319888 2024-10-04T04:07:27.102816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299277 2024-10-04T04:07:23.692831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247813 2022-09-04T07:00:16.130506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172208 172186 2024-10-04T04:07:17.154845 2023-10-04T04:48:25.852578 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 167290 2020-12-30T19:40:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 67990 2020-12-30T19:40:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20725 2024-10-04T04:07:27.225784 application/rdf+xml 15437 2024-10-04T04:07:20.307821 image/jpeg 4129 2024-10-04T04:07:20.041837 image/jpeg 156802 2024-10-04T04:07:17.699848 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