Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton: 24 books

Much has been written by critics, especially by those (the native land of criticism), upon the important question, whether to please or to instruct should be the end of Fiction—whether a moral purpose is or is not in harmony with the undidactic spirit perceptible in the higher works of the imagination....

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To Alessandro Manzoni, as to the Genius of the Place,

An indistinct recollection of the very pretty little tale, called “The Bellows-Mender, ” suggested the plot of this Drama. The incidents are, however, greatly altered from those in the tale, and the characters entirely re-cast.