Paul Clifford — Complete

Edward Bulwer-Lytton's dramatic novel of a young man drawn into a life of crime as a gentleman highwayman, opening with the most famous stormy night in fiction and building into a tale of identity…

At a glance It was a dark and stormy night. With that now-legendary opening, Bulwer-Lytton launches the story of a young man whose… What it's about Paul Clifford follows its title character as circumstances and society… The complete novel traces his adventures, his loves and his growing awareness of the…

Paul Clifford follows its title character as circumstances and society steer him into a life of crime, where he becomes a highwayman leading a double existence between the polite world and the criminal one.