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Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

An English politician, poet, playwright, and prolific novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune.

He coined the phrases "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and that famous opening line, "it was a dark and stormy night."

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British statesman and author (1803–1873)

Born 25 May 1803
Died 18 January 1873

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  • Cover of: The last days of Pompeii
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  • Cover of: The Caxtons: a family picture
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  • Cover of: "My novel" by Pisistratus Caxton: or, Varieties in English life
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  • Cover of: The last of the barons
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  • Cover of: What will he do with it?
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  • Cover of: The Haunted and the Haunters, Or, The House and the Brain
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  • Cover of: Athens, Its Rise and Fall: With Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the ...
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  • Cover of: Kenelm Chillingly: his adventures and opinions
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  • Cover of: Eugene Aram: a tale
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  • Cover of: The Parisians.
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British statesman and author (1803–1873)

Born 25 May 1803
Died 18 January 1873

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, general, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, general, History, England, fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, general, English fiction, Spain, fiction, Children's fiction, Horror stories, horror, short stories, American Horror tales, American fiction, American literature, Correspondence, Drama, English literature, Great britain, history, Politics and government, Utopias, American Short stories, Classic Literature, Courtesy

Places

Great Britain, Granada (Spain), England, Pompeii (Extinct city), Toledo, London, Paris (France), Alabama, Athens (Greece), British Columbia, Canada, Eton College, Florida, Fountain of Youth, France, Italy, Massachusetts, New England, Owl Creek Bridge, Oxford, Pompei (Extinct city), Rome, Salem Village, United States, University of Oxford

People

Cola di Rienzo (d. 1354), Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton Baron (1803-1873), Father Time, Cola di Rienzo (-1354), Eugene Aram (1704-1759), Fortunato, Harold King of England (1022?-1066), Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Montresor, Pausanias of Sparta (fl. 479-470 B.C), Pausanias of Sparta (fl. 479-ca. 470 B.C), Pausanias the Spartan, Richard Neville Warwick Earl of (1428-1471), William I King of England (1027 or 8-1087), Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Baron (1809-1892), Anne Spencer (1882-1975), Armand Jean du Plessis Richelieu duc de (1585-1642), Arthur King, Benjamin Antier (1787-1870), Berenice, Cola di Rienzo, Colonel Killigrew, Devil, Dr. Heidegger

Time

19th century, Siege, 1491-1492, 1837-1901, Carnival, Edward, the Confessor, 1042-1066, Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485, 1600s, 1858-1866, 1861-65, 18th century, 79 CE, Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066, Anne, 1702-1714, Edward, the Confessor 1042-1066, Louis XIII, 1610-1643

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  • Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
  • Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron.
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  • Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton
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  • Lytton, Edward George Bulwer Baron.
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  • SIR EDWARD G.E. BULWER-LYTTON
  • Edward G. E. Bulwer-Lytton
  • Dward Bulwer -Lytton

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March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID