1. Add MS 44872
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 44872
- Title:
- 'THE COMING RACE': corrected autograph draft of the novel by Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, first published anonymously in 1871. Many passages in the printed text are lacking, among them the opening paragraph and all other indications that the hero is an American, and the digression on theories of Evolution on pp. 134-144 (cf. f. 115). Unpublished material includes (at ff. 83-89) remarks on communication with the dead (a typewritten copy of which is inserted at ff. 7...
- Scope & Content:
- Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton; afterwards Bulwer-Lytton: 'The Coming Race': circ. 1863-1871.: Autogr. draft. Fiction: Lord Lytton, 'The Coming Race': circ. 1863-1871.: Autogr. draft. includes: f.i Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton: Letter to Sir G...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1863-1871
- Extent:
- 1 item