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The Last of the Barons — Volume 03
by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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BOOK III. - IN WHICH THE HISTORY PASSES FROM THE KING'S COURT TO THE STUDENT'S CELL, AND RELATES THE PERILS THAT BEFELL A PHILOSOPHER FOR MEDDLING WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD. - CHAPTER I. - THE SOLITARY SAGE AND THE SOLITARY MAID.
CHAPTER II. - MASTER ADAM WARNER GROWS A MISER, AND BEHAVES SHAMEFULLY.
CHAPTER III. - A STRANGE VISITOR.—ALL AGES OF THE WORLD BREED WORLD-BETTERS.
CHAPTER IV. - LORD HASTINGS.
CHAPTER V. - MASTER ADAM WARNER AND KING HENRY THE SIXTH.
CHAPTER VI. - HOW, ON LEAVING KING LOG, FOOLISH WISDOM RUNS A-MUCK ON KING STORK.
CHAPTER VII. - MY LADY DUCHESS'S OPINION OF THE UTILITY OF MASTER WARNER'S INVENTION, AND HER ESTEEM FOR ITS—EXPLOSION.
CHAPTER VIII. - THE OLD WOMAN TALKS OF SORROWS, THE YOUNG WOMAN DREAMS OF LOVE; THE COURTIER FLIES FROM PRESENT POWER TO REMEMBRANCES OF PAST HOPES, AND THE WORLD-BETTERED OPENS UTOPIA, WITH A VIEW OF THE GIBBET FOR THE SILLY SAGE HE HAS SEDUCED INTO HIS SCHEMES,—SO, EVER AND EVERMORE, RUNS THE WORLD AWAY!
CHAPTER IX. - HOW THE DESTRUCTIVE ORGAN OF PRINCE RICHARD PROMISES GOODLY DEVELOPMENT.
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In a court dazzled by chivalry and intrigue, the proud yet solitary Sibyll watches the arrival of the impulsive Marmaduke Nevile, whose sudden confession and abrupt departure stir a storm of jealousy and self‑doubt. Retreating to her father’s workshop, she finds solace among the modest gifts of a faithful servant and the steady rhythm of her scholar‑father’s experiments, where imagination and duty intersect in a world that feels both timeless and fragile.
Meanwhile, the philosopher‑engineer wrestling with a stubborn steam cylinder embodies the relentless drive of genius, seeking to turn abstract theory into tangible invention despite endless setbacks. As night deepens, his solitary labor and Sibyll’s quiet dreaming echo one another, each forging a different kind of creation—one of metal, the other of hope—while the turbulence of the outside world continues unabated. The first act balances courtly drama with the intimate pulse of scholarly obsession, inviting listeners to linger in the lingering glow of both love and discovery.
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Project Gutenberg
Release date
Mar 1, 2005
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Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
1803–1873
A bestselling Victorian novelist and politician, he mixed society satire, historical fiction, and supernatural intrigue in books that captivated 19th-century readers. He is still widely remembered for coining famous lines including “the pen is mightier than the sword” and the much-parodied opening “It was a dark and stormy night.”
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