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Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Born

in London, England

May 25, 1803

Died

January 18, 1873

Genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC, was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the infamous incipit "It was a dark and stormy night."

He was the youngest son of General William Earle Bulwer of Heydon Hall and Wood Dalling, Norfolk and Elizabeth Barbara Lytton, daughter of Richard Warburton Lytton of Knebworth, Hertfordshire. He had two brothers, William Earle Lytton Bulwer (1799–1877) and Henry, afterwards Lord Dalling and Bulwer.

Lord Lytton's original surname was Bulwer, the names 'Earle' and 'Lytton' were middle names. On ...more

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	The Last Days of Pompeii 3.58 avg rating — 2,515 ratings — published 1834 — 1101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Coming Race 3.24 avg rating — 1,757 ratings — published 1871 — 809 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La casa y el cerebro by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Arturo Agüero Herranz (Translator) 3.46 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 1859 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zanoni: A Rosicrucian Tale 3.89 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 1842 — 406 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harold: The Last of the Saxon Kings 3.50 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1848 — 144 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paul Clifford 3.33 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1830 — 237 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book I. 3.51 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pelham or Adventures of a Gentleman 3.55 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1828 — 150 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Strange Story 3.40 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1862 — 227 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes 3.92 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1835 — 262 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.”
― Edward Bulwer Lytton

tags: music, power-of-music

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“The pen is mightier than the sword!”
― Edward Bulwer-Lytton

tags: writing

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“Talent does what it can: Genius does what it must.”
― Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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April 2016 Old School Classic Poll

1869, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 667 pages

44 votes, 27.2%

1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 438 pages

34 votes, 21.0%

1895, Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, 310 pages

21 votes, 13.0%

1794, The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, 654 pages

14 votes, 8.6%

1897, Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling, 161 pages

13 votes, 8.0%

1721, Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, 339 pages

11 votes, 6.8%

1844, Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas, 542 pages

11 votes, 6.8%

1778, Evelina by Fanny Burney, 455 pages

7 votes, 4.3%

1891, Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf, 368 pages

5 votes, 3.1%

1877, Virgin Soil by Ivan Turgenev, 355 pages

1 vote, 0.6%

1871, The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 132 pages

1 vote, 0.6%

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