Eugene Aram (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- First Published: 1832
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Mystery romance
- Time of Work: Mid-eighteenth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Rowland Lester, Madeline, Ellinor, Walter Lester, Houseman, Eugene Aram
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Justice, Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Exile or expatriates, Mistaken or secret identity, Trials, England or English people, Robbery or robbers, Eighteenth century
- Locales: England
The Story:
Geoffrey Lester, a roving and dissipated man, ran away from his wife and only son. His brother, Rowland Lester, took the forsaken family into his own home at Grassdale. Both brothers’ wives soon died, and kindly old Rowland took over the responsibility of rearing not only his two daughters, Madeline and Ellinor, but also his young nephew Walter. As the children grew up, Walter fell in love with Madeline, but his love was not returned. It was Ellinor who idealized her cousin as a perfect young man.
One day, a stranger came to Grassdale, a crude, ugly man who...
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