Leila, Book IV
The novel revolves around the life of a young and beautiful woman named Leila, who lives in a small village surrounded by mountains. She falls in love with a man named Azzo, but their happiness is short-lived as he is forced to flee due to a vendetta. Leila's father, a cruel and ruthless man, discovers her relationship with Azzo and vows to destroy him.
By Edward Bulwer-lytton · First published 1837 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance, Drama · 7 chapters · 13,252 words
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The calmer contemplations and more holy anxieties of Leila were, at length, broken in upon by intelligence, the fearful interest of which absorbed the whole mind and care of every inhabitant of the castle. Boabdil el Chico had taken the field, at the head of a numerous army. Rapidly scouring the country, he had descended, one after one, upon the principal fortresses, which Ferdinand had left, strongly garrisoned, in the immediate neighbourhood. His success was as immediate as it was signal; the terror of his arms began, once more to spread far and wide; every day swelled his ranks with new recruits; and from the snow-clad summits of the Sierra Nevada poured down, in wild hordes, the fierce mountain race, who, accustomed to eternal winter, made a strange contrast, in their rugged appearance and shaggy clothing, to the glittering and civilised soldiery of Granada.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Edward Bulwer-lytton
- Date: 1837 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance, Drama, Adventure, Political Fiction
- Length: 13,252 words
- Structure: 7 chapters, 170 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Historical Fiction — Set in a historical period with detailed descriptions of historical events and figures.
- Romance — Central love story between the main characters drives the plot.
- Drama — Intense emotional and relational conflicts among characters.
- Adventure — Characters embark on significant journeys and face various challenges.
Tags
Romance · Adventure · Fiction · Historical Fiction · Orientalism · Middle Eastern Literature · Arabic Culture · Islamic Golden Age · Abbasid Caliphate · Baghdad · Caliphs · Palace Intrigue
Contents
- LEILA IN THE CASTLE - THE SIEGE
- ALMAMEN'S PROPOSED ENTERPRISE. - THE THREE ISRAELITES - CIRCUMSTANCE IMPRESSES EACH CHARACTER WITH A VARYING DIE
- THE FUGITIVE AND THE MEETING
- ALMAMEN HEARS AND SEES, BUT REFUSES TO BELIEVE; FOR THE BRAIN, OVERWROUGHT, GROWS DULL, EVEN IN THE KEENEST
- IN THE FERMENT OF GREAT EVENTS THE DREGS RISE
- BOADBIL'S RETURN. - THE REAPPEARANCE OF GRANADA
- THE CONFLAGRATION. - THE MAJESTY OF AN INDIVIDUAL PASSION IN THE MIDST OF HOSTILE THOUSANDS