Lucille by Owen Meredith | Early Edition 1887 | Gilded Pages with Decorated Cloth Hardcover | Illustrated | Excellent

Lucille by Owen Meredith (Robert, Lord Lytton)

Published 1887

Size: 6" x 4 1/4" x 1" thick

What a great piece of romantic literature written in verse.

If you collect vintage books then you will want to add this one to your collection.

Lucile ... is a beautiful story told in verse. Each part of the book draws you into the story as if you were one of the characters.

This story is "A narrative poem by Robert, Lord Lytton, published (1860) under the pseudonym of Owen Meredith. The heroine, Lucile, is beloved by two bitter rivals, the English Lord Alfred Hargrave [i.e., Vargrave] and the French Duke of Luvois. She loves Alfred, but misunderstanding keeps them apart. Long years after, Alfred's son and the Duke's niece fall in love, are separated by the old feud but finally reunited through the efforts of Lucile, who has become a nursing nun, under the name of Soeur Seraphine."

Great Condition - Inscribed prior to title page and dated 1888. Tight binding, with no rips, tears or missing pages. Bright pages and cover boards have little wear outside of light fading and slightly rubbed corners.