Pelham; Or The Adventures of a Gentleman by Edward George Lytton Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Classics

<p><strong>Pelham's a fine tale but mostly it's remarkable as a classic Fashionable Novel -- </strong>in its day the Fashionable Novel was a genre unto itself focusing on the manners habits and lifestyles of the Rich and Famous of the first half of the 19th century -- the jet set of its day. Pelham's sparkling cynicism makes fun of the genre as it executes it gorgeously; it also sheds an amazing light on a time and circumnstance well removed from our own.</p>