Zanoni
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... a truth for those who can comprehend it, and an extravagance for those who cannot.
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
Gifted with immortal life, Zanoni has lived since the Chaldean civilisation. To preserve his gift, he cannot fall in love with a mortal.
- When Zanoni mets Viola, a promising young opera singer from Naples, the daughter of Pisani, a talented but misunderstood Italian violinist, his heart ignites.
- Zanoni’s master, Mejnor, warns him against a love affair with Viola, but he does not heed. As love deepens between Zanoni and Viola, Zanoni experiences an increase in humanity and begins to lose his gift of immortality.
- A timeless love story.
Table of Contents
ZANONI
DEDICATORY EPISTLE
ZANONI, AN INTRODUCTION
PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1853
INTRODUCTION
BOOK I: THE MUSICIAN
BOOK II: ART, LOVE, AND WONDER
BOOK III: THEURGIA
BOOK IV: THE DWELLER OF THE THRESHOLD
BOOK V: THE EFFECTS OF THE ELIXIR
BOOK VI: SUPERSTITION DESERTING FAITH
BOOK VII: THE REIGN OF TERROR
NOTES
NOTE
“ZANONI EXPLAINED”
ARGUMENT
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873), was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases “the great unwashed”, “pursuit of the almighty dollar”, “the pen is mightier than the sword”, “dweller on the threshold”, as well as the well-known opening line “It was a dark and stormy night”.
