Pelham — Volume 06: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Pelham — Volume 06 is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron (1803–1873).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Pelham — Volume 06" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton is part of a novel published in 1828. This silver fork novel follows young dandy Henry Pelham through fashionable society in Paris, London, and Cheltenham. Beginning as a light-hearted social comedy, the story transforms into a murder mystery with Gothic overtones when Pelham's friend faces execution for murder. Pelham must find the true killer in this work that helped pioneer the detective novel genre and influenced Edgar Allan Poe.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Pelham — Volume 06
- Author credits: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron (1803–1873)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Adventure stories
- English fiction -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
- Category: Novels
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