The Coming Race

by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

1871

Table of Contents

Chapter I.Introduction to the Journey
Chapter II.Descent into the Underworld
Chapter III.The World Without a Sun
Chapter IV.The First Meeting
Chapter V.The Hall and the Hosts Dwelling Therein
Chapter VI.A Rude Dictionary
Chapter VII.An Exchange between the Hosts and the Guest
Chapter VIII.Law of the House
Chapter IX.History of the Vril-discoverers
Chapter X.Social Mores of the Vril-ya
Chapter XI.Geography of the Cavern World
Chapter XII.Language of the Vril-ya
Chapter XIII.Religion of the Vril-ya
Chapter XIV.Theology of the Vril-ya
Chapter XV.The Vril-ya Race and Community
Chapter XVI.The Vril Staff & Philosophies of the Vril-ya
Chapter XVII.Timekeeping in the Cavern World & Vril-ya Literature
Chapter XVIII.Economics of the Vril-ya & Demonstration of Vril Power
Chapter XIX.Fiscal Policy of the Vril-ya
Chapter XX.The Narrator's Flying Lessons
Chapter XXI.Affection and Love among the Vril-ya
Chapter XXII.Courtship among the Vril-ya
Chapter XXIII.Politics of the Vril-ya
Chapter XXIV.Funerary Rites of the Vril-ya
Chapter XXV.Rites of the Vril-ya (cont.) & Further Courtship
Chapter XXVI.Society of the Vril-ya
Chapter XXVII.Flirtatious Youth
Chapter XXVIII.Death Sentence
Chapter XXIX.Return to the Surface World

The Author

Photo portrait by André Disdéri of Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (c. 1867)
Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873)

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