| Zanoni Contributor(s): Lytton, Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton (Author) |
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ISBN: 1517264421 ISBN-13: 9781517264420 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.80 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the peculiarities of Bulwer was his passion for occult studies. They had a charm for him early in life, and he pursued them with the earnestness which characterised his pursuit of other studies. He became absorbed in wizard lore; he equipped himself with magical implements, -with rods for transmitting influence, and crystal balls in which to discern coming scenes and persons; and communed with spiritualists and mediums. The fruit of these mystic studies is seen in "Zanoni" and "A strange Story," romances which were a labour of love to the author, and into which he threw all the power he possessed, -power re-enforced by multifarious reading and an instinctive appreciation of Oriental though |
