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Excerpt from Ernest Maltravers, Vol. 1 of 3: Or the Eleusinia
However numerous the works of fiction with which, my dear Reader, I have trespassed on your attention, I have published but three, of any account, in which the plot has been cast amidst the events, and coloured by the manner, of our own times. The first of these, Pelham, ' composed when I was little more than a boy, has the faults, and perhaps the merits, natural to a very early age - when the novelty itself of life quickens the observation - when we see distinctly, and represent vividly, what lies upon the surface of the world - and when, half sympathising with the follies we satirise, there is a gusto in our paintings which atones for their exaggeration. As we grow older, we observe less, we reflect more and, like Frankenstein, we dissect in order to create. The second novel of the present day, * which, after an interval of some years, I submitted to the world, For The Disowned is cast in the time of our grandfathers, and The Pilgrims of the Rhine has nothing to do with actual life, and is not, therefore, to be called a novel. 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.
