Leseprobe
* Affiliatelinks/Werbelinks
Links auf reinlesen.de sind sogenannte Affiliate-Links. Wenn du auf so einen Affiliate-Link klickst und über diesen Link einkaufst, bekommt reinlesen.de von dem betreffenden Online-Shop oder Anbieter eine Provision. Für dich verändert sich der Preis nicht.
Devereux — Complete
Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
* Affiliatelinks/Werbelinks
Links auf reinlesen.de sind sogenannte Affiliate-Links. Wenn du auf so einen Affiliate-Link klickst und über diesen Link einkaufst, bekommt reinlesen.de von dem betreffenden Online-Shop oder Anbieter eine Provision. Für dich verändert sich der Preis nicht.
Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
'Devereux - Complete' is an autobiographical novel that follows the life of Morton Devereux, whose birth and parentage couldn't be more different from the end of things. The story begins with his grandfather, a noble old knight, whose posterity was left with no titles but the estate. Devereux's father joined the armies of Louis XIV, while his uncle went up to court to be knighted by Charles II, flirted with Nell Gwynne, lost double the value of his brother's portion, and eventually retired to the country in disgust and gout. When Devereux and his two brothers moved in with their uncle, he soon grew fond of them, hoping to find an heir. However, Devereux struggled to find his place, being the least good-looking and the least intelligent of the three brothers.
Kundenbewertungen
Fiction, History, English literature, 1702-1714, Great Britain, Anne