Book: Eugene Aram Was Eugene Aram a murderer--or an important part of the cultural heritage? In 1758, while at work on an Anglo-Celtic dictionary, he was arrested and hanged for the murder of his friend Daniel Clark. A hundred years later, Bulwer-Lytton wrote this book about the man, the contradiction, the time and the place.
Was Eugene Aram a murderer -- or an important part of our cultural heritage? Or was he both? Eugene Aram was the first to recognize that the Celtic languages were related to the other languages of Europe. In 1758, while at work on an Anglo-Celtic dictionary, he was arrested (and eventually hanged) for the murder, 14 years earlier, of his friend Daniel Clark. A hundred years later, Bulwer-Lytton wrote this book about the man, the contradiction, the time and the place. Like all of Bulwer-Lytton's underrated work, it has a beautiful, discursive, and profound quality.
Details of Book: Eugene Aram Book: Eugene Aram
Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton
ISBN: 0554319705
ISBN-13: 9780554319704
, 978-0554319704
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: 18082008
Publisher: Bibliolife
Number of Pages: 516
Language: English