Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873
669 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
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*."
Also published as: Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron., Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer 1st Baron., Edward George, Sir Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton
Most-read books
The Last Days of Pompeii
3.7 · 1800 · 71 want to read
The Coming Race
4.1 · 1871 · 34 want to read
Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult
4 · 1989 · 30 want to read
Zanoni
1842 · 25 want to read
The Nightmare Reader
3 · 1973 · 25 want to read
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3.6 · 1800 · 21 want to read
Harold
3.5 · 1848 · 18 want to read
The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories
4 · 1977 · 22 want to read
Pelham
1828 · 15 want to read
Vril
1958 · 11 want to read
The best ghost stories
1919 · 12 want to read
The Parisians
3 · 1850 · 12 want to read
Night and morning
3 · 1800 · 10 want to read
My Novel
2 · 1800 · 8 want to read
Classic Ghost Stories
1975 · 11 want to read
Paul Clifford
2.7 · 1800 · 9 want to read
Alice or the Mysteries
1838 · 10 want to read
Lucretia, or The children of night
3.5 · 1846 · 8 want to read
Athens, its rise and fall
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What Will He Do With It
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England and the English
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4 · 1850 · 6 want to read
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4 · 1800 · 3 want to read