Download or read book Lucretia Or the Children of Night, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Bulwer Lytton and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-26 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lucretia or the Children of Night, Vol. 1 of 2 IT is somewhere about four years since I appeared before the public as the writer of a fiction, which I then intimated would probably be my last; but bad habits are stronger than good intentions. When Fabricio, in his hospital, resolved upon abjuring the vocation of the Poet, he was, in truth, recommencing his desperate career by a Farewell to the Muses I need not apply the allusion. I must own, however, that there had long been a desire in my' mind to trace, in some work or other, the strange and secret ways through which that Arch-ruler of Civilisation, familiarly called Money, insinuates itself into our thoughts and motives, our hearts and actions; affecting those who undervalue as those who over-estimate its importance; ruining virtues in the spendthrift no less than engendering vices in the miser. But when I half implied my farewell to the character of a novelist, I had imagined that this conception might be best worked out upon the stage. After some unpublished and imperfect attempts towards sovi preface TO the first edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.