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A collection of essays on 19th century novelists, both famous ones and those largely forgotten now. Among the writers presented most wrote in English, but three foreign authors are also discussed. Phelps taught a course on novels at a university and he added to those biographical essays some of his ideas about the importance of novels in the process of teaching about literature. (Summary by Piotr Nater)

While Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton is often remembered for penning the most infamous opening line in literature—It was a dark and stormy night... from his 1830 novel Paul Clifford—his melodrama Lady of Lyons once captivated Victorian audiences as one of the eras most celebrated plays. This tale of love and betrayal unfolds around the enchanting Pauline Deschapelles, who finds herself ensnared in a deceptive marriage to Claude Melnotte, the son of a gardener, thanks to the scheming of her former admirer, the Marquis Beauséant. With its rich themes of romance and deception, Lady of Lyons ...

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