Name: La race future (in French)
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Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

Publisher

Blurb

Language

French

Pages

138

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x12.7x0.8 cm

Weight

0.15 kg.

ISBN13

9781006516016

Synopsis "La race future (in French)"

Le livre que nous avons sous les yeux est bien un roman, mais ce n'est pas un roman comme les autres, car l'auteur s'est proposé de nous raconter non ce qui aurait pu arriver hier, ou autrefois, mais ce qui pourrait bien arriver dans quelques siècles. Les moeurs qu'il dépeint ne sont pas les nôtres, ni celles de nos ancêtres, mais celles de nos descendants. Il imagine bien une petite fable à la Jules Verne, et feint de supposer que la Race future existe dès maintenant sous terre et n'attend, pour paraître à la lumière du soleil et pour nous exterminer, que l'heure où elle trouvera son habitation actuelle trop étroite.

Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton (London, 1803 – Torquay, 1873) was a prolific novelist, playwright, and British politician, prominent in the Victorian period. He cultivated various literary genres, including historical novels, Gothic romance, and science fiction. Among his most recognized works is The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), a historical novel set in the ancient Roman city before its destruction by the eruption of Vesuvius. Other notable works include Zanoni (1842), The Haunted and the Haunters (1859), and The Coming Race (1871), also known as Vril, the Power of the Coming Race.

Bulwer-Lytton is remembered for coining famous phrases such as "The pen is mightier than the sword" and for the famous opening "It was a dark and stormy night" in his novel Paul Clifford (1830). His influence endures in literature and popular culture, and his legacy has been the subject of study and revaluation in contemporary literary criticism.

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