Pelham — Volume 08

"Pelham — Volume 08" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton is a novel published in 1828. Following young dandy Henry Pelham through fashionable Paris, London, and Cheltenham, this silver fork novel begins as a light-hearted society tale before transforming into a Gothic murder mystery. When an old friend faces execution for killing a man, Pelham must find the true murderer. This groundbreaking work helped establish the detective novel genre and inspired Edgar Allan Poe.

Pelham — Volume 08, by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #7622.