Godolphin, Volume 5.
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2005-03-01 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #7754 |
Description
"Godolphin, Volume 5" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton is a satirical romance novel published in 1833. Percy Godolphin, an idealistic young man seeking to escape his lower-class origins, becomes entangled with Constance Vernon, a beautiful and ambitious woman bound by a deathbed oath to her father. She must marry into power and prestige, even as her heart pulls her toward Percy. Set against the backdrop of Britain's political elite, their story unfolds through competing narrations, revealing the tensions between love, duty, and social ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)