Project Gutenberg 2005-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 178 Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron 1803 1873 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Bulwer, Edward Lytton Lytton, Edward Bulwer Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Maltravers_(novel) This eBook was produced by Dagny, and David Widger "Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story revolves around the titular character, Ernest Maltravers, a young man with a fervent desire for knowledge and adventure, wrestling between his ambitions and the complexities of human relationships, particularly with a girl named Alice Darvil. The opening portion introduces a bleak setting near a northern manufacturing town, where an encounter unfolds in a dilapidated hovel between a man who appears morally degraded and his daughter, Alice, who longs for a better life. This initial scene establishes Alice's difficult home life and her father's sinister demeanor, hinting at themes of poverty, innocence, and impending danger. When a young traveler arrives, drawn by the light of their home, the tension escalates. The father seems to have ulterior motives, and the contrast between Alice’s naïveté and the threatening atmosphere sets a dark tone for the narrative. Here, the foundation is laid for a story of escape and moral development, as well as the exploration of the relationship between Ernest and Alice that is central to the plot. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en English fiction -- 19th century PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 185410 2025-08-03T12:02:26.466645 text/html 185231 2025-01-11T00:25:37.225938 text/html 152671 2025-08-03T12:02:32.504673 application/epub+zip 154594 2025-08-03T12:02:29.432653 application/epub+zip 129078 2025-08-03T12:02:28.334665 application/epub+zip 298505 2025-08-03T12:02:34.698624 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287088 2025-08-03T12:02:31.781627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 250102 2022-09-04T06:46:54.699568 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166261 2025-08-03T12:02:26.101689 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 161490 2020-12-30T17:44:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17408 2025-08-03T12:02:34.833648 application/rdf+xml 14845 2025-08-03T12:02:28.841640 image/jpeg 3678 2025-08-03T12:02:28.597743 image/jpeg 65761 2020-12-30T17:44:57 application/octet-stream application/zip 152741 2025-08-03T12:02:26.481680 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia