Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 113 Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron 1803 1873 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Bulwer, Edward Lytton Lytton, Edward Bulwer The Pilgrims of the Rhine Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Widger and Dagny "The Pilgrims of the Rhine" by Edward Bulwer Lytton is a romantic novel written during the early 19th century. The book features both enchanted fairy characters, such as Queen Nymphalin, and mortal protagonists like Trevylyan and Gertrude, whose intertwined fates lead them on a journey along the Rhine River. This journey, depicted against a backdrop of scenic beauty and legend, encompasses themes of love, loss, and the ideal contrasted with the real. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Queen Nymphalin, a fairy dissatisfied with the monotony of her court, who yearns for adventure. Nymphalin decides to travel up the Rhine for a change of scenery and to connect with fairy relatives. Parallel to her story, we meet Trevylyan and Gertrude, a young couple deeply in love, yet facing adversity due to Gertrude's fragile health brought on by consumption. As they make their way along the Rhine, intertwining narratives reveal their loves, dreams, and the inevitable sorrows that accompany romantic entanglements, entwined with the enchanting charm of the fairy world. The beginning sets the tone for a richly woven tale that combines the natural beauty of the Rhine with poignant human emotions and supernatural elements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fantasy fiction Fairies -- Fiction Rhine River Valley -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 600811 600812 2024-10-04T06:22:22.881373 2023-10-04T06:28:47.837098 text/html text/html 619689 2021-02-26T00:07:45 text/html; charset=utf-8 216028 2021-02-26T00:07:49 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 295064 2024-10-04T06:22:32.521331 application/epub+zip 303563 2024-10-04T06:22:26.191359 application/epub+zip 290058 2024-10-04T06:22:24.810380 application/epub+zip 526037 2024-10-04T06:22:37.422327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491124 2024-10-04T06:22:31.690404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 450520 2022-09-04T09:27:19.250228 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523393 523376 2024-10-04T06:22:21.973387 2023-10-04T06:28:47.084077 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 529350 2016-08-28T13:49:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 207490 2016-08-28T13:52:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 523158 2009-03-17T09:05:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 206688 2009-03-17T09:05:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22098 2024-10-04T06:22:37.550290 application/rdf+xml 12235 2024-10-04T06:22:25.359360 image/jpeg 3347 2024-10-04T06:22:25.084363 image/jpeg 286290 2024-10-04T06:22:22.929423 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