Lucile

By Owen Meredith, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Thomas McIlvaine

Book Overview

Lucile is a romantic novel written by Owen Meredith, the pen name of Robert Bulwer-Lytton. The novel was first published in 1860 and is set in the early 19th century. The story revolves around the beautiful and wealthy Lucile, who is forced into an arranged marriage by her father. However, she falls in love with a young poet named Lord Alfred Vargrave, who is also her cousin. The two lovers face many obstacles in their quest for happiness, including family disapproval, societal pressures, and misunderstandings. The novel explores themes of love, duty, honor, and sacrifice, and is known for its lyrical prose and vivid descriptions of nature. Lucile is considered a classic of Victorian literature and has been adapted into several plays and operas.1878. With illustrations. A pseudonym adopted by Edward Robert, first Earl of Lytton, son of the novelist Bulwer-Lytton, and the author of Lucile. Once Meredith was termed third among living poets. Lucile is a narrative poem whose heroine, Lucile, is beloved by two bitter rivals, the English Lord Alfred Hargrave and the French Duke of Luvois. She loves Alfred, but misunderstanding keeps them apart. Long years after, Alfred's son and the Duke's niece fall in love, are separated by the old feud but finally reunited through the efforts of Lucile, who has become a nursing nun, under the name of Soeur Seraphine.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1162757531
• ISBN13: 9781162757537
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"