The Pilgrims of the Rhine
The novel follows the story of a young woman named Margrave, who becomes embroiled in a mysterious and romantic adventure while traveling along the Rhine River. She meets a group of pilgrims who are on a mission to uncover the secrets of the river and its mystical powers. As they journey together, Margrave finds herself drawn into a world of magic, mystery, and romance, where she must confront her own destiny and the dark forces that seek to control the Rhine's power.
By Edward Bulwer-lytton · First published 1834 · Genre: Romance, Travel, Historical Fiction · 43 chapters · 104,037 words
First lines
AROUND "this visible diurnal sphere" / There floats a World that girds us like the space; / On wandering clouds and gliding beams career / Its ever-moving murmurous Populace.
There, all the lovelier thoughts conceived below / Ascending live, and in celestial shapes.
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Genres
- Romance — The central plot revolves around a romantic journey and the relationship between the main characters.
- Travel — The narrative is structured around a journey along the Rhine, with detailed descriptions of the locations visited.
- Historical Fiction — The story is set in a historical context, with references to historical events and figures.
- Gothic — Elements of the supernatural and mysterious are present, contributing to a gothic atmosphere.
Tags
Romance · Historical Fiction · Adventure · Travel · Europe · Rhine River · Germany · 19th Century · Victorian Era · British Literature · Classic Novel · Love Story
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Edward Bulwer-lytton
- Date: 1834 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Romance, Travel, Historical Fiction, Gothic, Philosophical
- Length: 104,037 words
- Structure: 43 chapters, 1,442 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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Contents
- THE IDEAL WORLD, - ITS REALM IS EVERYWHERE AROUND US; ITS INHABITANTS ARE THE IMMORTAL PERSONIFICATIONS OF ALL BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS; TO THAT WORLD WE ATTAIN BY THE REPOSE OF THE SENSES
- OUR DREAMS BELONG TO THE IDEAL. - THE DIVINER LOVE FOR WHICH YOUTH SIGHS NOT ATTAINABLE IN LIFE, BUT THE PURSUIT OF THAT LOVE BEYOND THE WORLD OF THE SENSES PURIFIES THE SOUL AND AWAKES THE GENIUS. - PETRARCH. - DANTE
- GENIUS, LIFTING ITS LIFE TO THE IDEAL, BECOMES ITSELF A PURE IDEA: IT MUST COMPREHEND ALL EXISTENCE, ALL HUMAN SINS AND SUFFERINGS; BUT IN COMPREHENDING, IT TRANSMUTES THEM. - THE POET IN HIS TWO-FOLD BEING, - THE ACTUAL AND THE IDEAL. - THE INFLUENCE OF GENIUS OVER THE STERNEST REALITIES OF EARTH; OVER OUR PASSIONS; WARS AND SUPERSTITIONS. - ITS IDENTITY IS WITH HUMAN PROGRESS. - ITS AGENCY, EVEN WHERE UNACKNOWLEDGED, IS UNIVERSAL
- FORGIVENESS TO THE ERRORS OF OUR BENEFACTORS
- THE IDEAL IS NOT CONFINED TO POETS. - ALGERNON SIDNEY RECOGNIZES HIS IDEAL IN LIBERTY, AND BELIEVES IN ITS TRIUMPH WHERE THE MERE PRACTICAL MAN COULD BEHOLD BUT ITS RUINS; YET LIBERTY IN THIS WORLD MUST EVER BE AN IDEAL, AND THE LAND THAT IT PROMISES CAN BE FOUND BUT IN DEATH
- YET ALL HAVE TWO ESCAPES INTO THE IDEAL WORLD; NAMELY, MEMORY AND HOPE. - EXAMPLE OF HOPE IN YOUTH, HOWEVER EXCLUDED FROM ACTION AND DESIRE. - NAPOLEON'S SON
- EXAMPLE OF MEMORY AS LEADING TO THE IDEAL, - AMIDST LIFE HOWEVER HUMBLE, AND IN A MIND HOWEVER IGNORANT. - THE VILLAGE WIDOW
- HENCE IN HOPE, MEMORY, AND PRAYER, ALL OF US ARE POETS
- APPLICATION OF THE POEM TO THE TALE TO WHICH IT IS PREFIXED. - THE RHINE, - ITS IDEAL CHARACTER IN ITS HISTORICAL AND LEGENDARY ASSOCIATIONS
- APPLICATION OF THE POEM CONTINUED. - THE IDEAL LENDS ITS AID TO THE MOST FAMILIAR AND THE MOST ACTUAL SORROW OF LIFE. - FICTION COMPARED TO SLEEP, - IT STRENGTHENS WHILE IT SOOTHES
- IN WHICH THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO QUEEN NYMPHALIN
- THE LOVERS
- FEELINGS
- THE MAID OF MALINES
- ROTTERDAM. - THE CHARACTER OF THE DUTCH. - THEIR RESEMBLANCE TO THE GERMANS. - A DISPUTE BETWEEN VANE AND TREVYLYAN, AFTER THE MANNER OF THE ANCIENT NOVELISTS, AS TO WHICH IS PREFERABLE, THE LIFE OF ACTION OR THE LIFE OF REPOSE. - TREVYLYAN'S CONTRAST BETWEEN LITERARY AMBITION AND THE AMBITION OF PUBLIC LIFE
- GORCUM. - THE TOUR OF THE VIRTUES: A PHILOSOPHER'S TALE
- COLOGNE. - THE TRACES OF THE ROMAN YOKE. - THE CHURCH OF ST. MARIA. - TREVYLYAN'S REFLECTIONS ON THE MONASTIC LIFE. - THE TOMB OF THE THREE KINGS. - AN EVENING EXCURSION ON THE RHINE
- THE SOUL IN PURGATORY; OR LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH
- THE SCENERY OF THE RHINE ANALOGOUS TO THE GERMAN LITERARY GENIUS. - THE DRACHENFELS
- THE LEGEND OF ROLAND. - THE ADVENTURES OF NYMPHALIN ON THE ISLAND OF NONNEWERTH. - HER SONG. - THE DECAY OF THE FAIRY-FAITH IN ENGLAND
- WHEREIN THE READER IS MADE SPECTATOR WITH THE ENGLISH FAIRIES OF THE SCENES AND BEINGS THAT ARE BENEATH THE EARTH
- THE WOOING OF MASTER FOX.*
- THE TOMB OF A FATHER OF MANY CHILDREN
- THE FAIRY'S CAVE, AND THE FAIRY'S WISH
- THE BANKS OF THE RHINE. - FROM THE DRACHENFELS TO BROHL. - AN INCIDENT THAT SUFFICES IN THIS TALE FOR AN EPOCH
- GERTRUDE. - THE EXCURSION TO HAMMERSTEIN. - THOUGHTS
- LETTER FROM TREVYLYAN TO - -
- COBLENTZ. - EXCURSION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF TAUNUS; ROMAN TOWER IN THE VALLEY OF EHRENBREITSTEIN. - TRAVEL, ITS PLEASURES ESTIMATED DIFFERENTLY BY THE YOUNG AND THE OLD. - THE STUDENT OF HEIDELBERG; HIS CRITICISMS ON GERMAN LITERATURE
- THE FALLEN STAR; OR THE HISTORY OF A FALSE RELIGION
- GLENHAUSEN. - THE POWER OF LOVE IN SANCTIFIED PLACES. - A PORTRAIT OF FREDERICK BARBAROSSA. - THE AMBITION OF MEN FINDS NO ADEQUATE SYMPATHY IN WOMEN
- VIEW OF EHRENBREITSTEIN. - A NEW ALARM IN GERTRUDE'S HEALTH. - TRARBACH
- THE DOUBLE LIFE. - TREVYLYAN'S FATE. - SORROW THE PARENT OF FAME. - NIEDERLAHNSTEIN. - DREAMS
- THE LIFE OF DREAMS
- THE BROTHERS
- THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL. - A COMMON INCIDENT NOT BEFORE DESCRIBED. - TREVYLYAN AND GERTRUDE
- IN WHICH THE READER WILL LEARN HOW THE FAIRIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE SOVEREIGNS OF THE MINES. - THE COMPLAINT OF THE LAST OF THE FAUNS. - THE RED HUNTSMAN. - THE STORM. - DEATH
- THURMBERG. - A STORM UPON THE RHINE. - THE RUINS OF RHEINFELS. - PERIL UNFELT BY LOVE. - THE ECHO OF THE LURLEI-BERG. - ST. GOAR. - KAUB, GUTENFELS, AND PFALZGRAFENSTEIN. - A CERTAIN VASTNESS OF MIND IN THE FIRST HERMITS. - THE SCENERY OF THE RHINE TO BACHARACH
- THE VOYAGE TO BINGEN. - THE SIMPLE INCIDENTS IN THIS TALE EXCUSED. - THE SITUATION AND CHARACTER OF GERTRUDE. - THE CONVERSATION OF THE LOVERS IN THE TEMPEST. - A FACT CONTRADICTED. - THOUGHTS OCCASIONED BY A MADHOUSE AMONGST THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES OF THE RHINE
- ELLFELD. - MAYENCE. - HEIDELBERG. - A CONVERSATION BETWEEN VANE AND THE GERMAN STUDENT. - THE RUINS OF THE CASTLE OF HEIDELBERG AND ITS SOLITARY HABITANT
- NO PART OF THE EARTH REALLY SOLITARY. - THE SONG OF THE FAIRIES. - THE SACRED SPOT. - THE WITCH OF THE EVIL WINDS. - THE SPELL AND THE DUTY OF THE FAIRIES
- GERTRUDE AND TREVYLYAN, WHEN THE FORMER IS AWAKENED TO THE APPROACH OF DEATH
- A SPOT TO BE BURIED IN
- THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TALE