Название: Falkland (Musaicum Romance Series)
Автор: Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон
Издательство: Bookwire
Жанр: Языкознание
isbn: 4066338116178
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and science fiction. Bulwer-Lytton's literary works were highly popular and bestselling novels at the time.
Excerpt: "You are mistaken, my dear Monkton! Your description of the gaiety of «the season» gives me no emotion. You speak of pleasure; I remember no labour so wearisome; you enlarge upon its changes; no sameness appears to me so monotonous. Keep, then, your pity for those who require it. From the height of my philosophy I compassionate you. No one is so vain as a recluse; and your jests at my hermitship…"