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In the year 18- I settled as a physician at one of the wealthiest of our great English towns, which I will designate by the initial L--. I was yet young, but I had acquired some reputation by a professional work, which is, I believe, still amongst the received authorities on... Read Full Overview

A Strange Story is a novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, first published in 1862. This work blends elements of the supernatural with psychological and philosophical themes, creating a narrative that delves into the mysteries of the human mind and the unknown forces that can influence... Read Full Overview

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 - 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig MP from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative MP from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This author's vehemently flowery prose is an entertainment in itself. It's a story of the supernatural, spun on the familiar armature of the man of science, egotistically rational, who confronts the supernatural / spiritual and is humbled. There's a silly religious agenda... Read Full Overview

This author's vehemently flowery prose is an entertainment in itself. It's a story of the supernatural, spun on the familiar armature of the man of science, egotistically rational, who confronts the supernatural / spiritual and is humbled. There's a silly religious agenda... Read Full Overview

A Strange Story by Edward Bulwer Lytton (Author), Peter C Dawson (Contributor) Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873) is "chiefly remembered...as a prolific novelist," whose several novels "remain immensely readable"--"a novelist of the first rank." A Strange Story is set in nineteenth... Read Full Overview