Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton (1803–1873)
Author of The Last Days of Pompeii
About the Author
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Lord of Lytton, was born on May 25, 1803 in London, England. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1822, won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for English verse in 1825, and received a B.A. degree the following year. He was a novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. He coined show more the phrases the "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the opening line "It was a dark and stormy night". He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and science fiction. His works included Falkland, Pelham, Eugene Aram, The Last Days of Pompei, Ernest Maltravers, Zanoni, The Last of the Barons, The Caxtons, and A Strange Story. He also published several volumes of poetry including Ismael and The New Timon. His best known play was The Lady of Lyons. He served as the Secretary of State for the Colonies in from 1858 to 1859 and played a large part in the organization of the new colony of British Columbia. He became Baron Lytton of Knebworth in July 1866 and thereafter took his place in the House of Peers. He died on May 23, 1873, just short of his 70th birthday. The cause of death was not clear but it was thought that an infection he had in his ear had affected his brain. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Please do not combine with Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton, aka Owen Meredith, 1831-1891, who is the son of this author.
Works by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
The Works of Bulwer Lytton, Volume VII (7). A Strange Story, the Haunted and the Haunters, the Last of the Barons,… (1892) 11 copies
Ernest Maltravers / Alice, The Mysteries, A Sequel to Ernest Maltravers (Lord Lytton's Works) 11 copies
The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton Volume VI. Ernest Maltravers; Alice or the Mysteries; Pausanias, the Spartan;… (1880) 10 copies
Leila; Or, the Siege of Granada; Calderon, the Courtier; the Pilgrims of the Rhine ... (1878) 9 copies
The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton Volume IV: The Parisians, What Will He Do With It? (1892) 9 copies
The Caxtons; Zicci 7 copies
The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton: My Novel (Or Varieties in English Life); Zicci; The Pilgrims of the rhine. Volume… (1880) 6 copies
The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton. Volume I: The Last Days of Pompeii; Harold: The Last of the Saxon Kings; The… (1834) 6 copies
Falkland and Zicci 6 copies
Paul Clifford/Eugene Aram 6 copies
Lost Tales of Miletus., The 4 copies
Night and Morning/Godolphin 4 copies
The last days of Pompeii. Volume II 4 copies
Leila, or the siege of Granada, and Calderon the courtier ; The Lady of Lyons, or love and pride (2006) 4 copies
The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord… (1996) 4 copies
The Collected Works of Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World… (2015) 3 copies
[Lord Lytton's novels] 3 copies
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters: An Unfinished Historical Romance (2004) 3 copies
Kenelm Chillingly/Rienzi 3 copies
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Edward Bulwer Lytton-Volume 2: Including One Novel 'a Strange Story, '… (2011) 3 copies
Harold; Falkland; Calderon 3 copies
Paul Clifford - Volume 01 3 copies
The Lady of the Baron 3 copies
Zanoni Book Three : The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe, A Weiser Books Collection (2012) 3 copies
Devereux/The Disowned 3 copies
Luz y sombras 2 copies
The sea-captain 2 copies
The Caxton's. A family picture. The coming race; or, the new utopia. Leila; or, siege of Granada (1890) 2 copies
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Edward Bulwer Lytton-Volume 3: Including One Novel 'Zanoni,'… (2011) 2 copies
Godolphin; Leila; Pausanias 2 copies
England and the English 2 2 copies
Zanoni Book One : The Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe, A Weiser Books Collection (2012) 2 copies
Ernest Maltravers: Part 1 2 copies
Eugene Aram (Volume I of II) 2 copies
Night and Morning Vol. 1 2 copies
Night and Morning Vol. 2 2 copies
Los ultimos dias de Pompeya 1 copy
The Pilgrims of the Rhine 1 copy
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Edward Bulwer Lytton-Volume 4: Including One Novel 'Lucretia,… (2011) 1 copy
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Edward Bulwer Lytton-Volume 1: Including One Novel 'Asmodeus at… (2011) 1 copy
Una famiglia originale 1 copy
Bul' ver". P'esy. 1 copy
Eugene Aram : Roman 1 copy
Last Days Pompeii 1 copy
Eugene Aram, A Tale 1 copy
Eugene Aram, A Tale, Vol. II 1 copy
The Poems of John Keats 1 copy
Aux-Italiens 1 copy
O ÚLTIMO DOS BARÕES (PSL10) 1 copy
Devereux Vol. 1 1 copy
Devereux Vol. 2 1 copy
Zanoni Vol. 1 1 copy
Disowned Vol. 1 1 copy
Disowned Vol. 2 1 copy
The Parisians, Vol. II 1 copy
The Caxtons Vol. 2 1 copy
England and the English 1 1 copy
Kenelm 1 copy
Nacht und Morgen Ein Roman 1 copy
Pompejis sista dagar 1 copy
Gesammelte Romane und Erzählungen: Die letzten Tage von Pompeji Das Geschlecht der Zukunft Das Haus des schwarzen… (2014) 1 copy
Eugene Aram ... [and Zanoni] 1 copy
Works (Lytton Edition) 1 copy
Knebworth Edition. Zanoni, Last Days of Pompeii, My Novel I, Pelham, A Strange Story, Kenelm Chillingley, The Parisians… (1877) 1 copy
Los últimos días de Pompeya 1 copy
In viltoarea vietii 1 copy
Los últimos días de pompeya 1 copy
A Strange Story - Volume 01 1 copy
Great Ghost Stories 1 copy
Casa e il cervello, La 1 copy
Night & Morning, Godolphin 1 copy
Bulwer's Works 1 copy
The Haunted House 1 copy
Les derniers jours de Pompei 1 copy
Pelham Lucretia 1 copy
Bulwer's Novels; Pelham, the Disowned, Devereux, Last Days of Pempeii, The Student, Etc. (1900) 1 copy
"My novel", 1 copy
Associated Works
The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre (1997) — Contributor, some editions; Contributor — 419 copies
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce (2010) — Contributor — 145 copies
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972) — Contributor — 81 copies
The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: 19th Century (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contributor — 45 copies
Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult: Stories by H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton,… (1989) — Contributor — 41 copies
The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult: Hidden Magic, Occult Truths, and the Stories That Started It All (2014) — Contributor — 37 copies
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories: English, Irish (1907) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Queen’s Story Book — Contributor — 2 copies
Rædslernes hus : Udvalgte gysernoveller af Michael Arlen (o. 5 andre) — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Gespenster — Contributor — 1 copy
The princess's story book — Contributor — 1 copy
The King's Story Book — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Lytton, Edward Bulwer, Baron Lytton
- Legal name
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton
- Other names
- Bulwer-Lytton, Sir Edward George
Lord Lytton
Bulwer-Lytton, Baron Edward
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle
Baron Lytton of Knebworth - Birthdate
- 1803-05-25
- Date of death
- 1873-01-18
- Burial location
- Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Place of death
- Torquay, Devon, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Delhi, India
Lisbon, Portugal - Education
- University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall|BA|1826)
University of Bonn - Occupations
- novelist
politician
diplomat
poet - Relationships
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert (son)
Bulwer, Henry (brother)
Lytton, Constance (granddaughter)
Lutyens, Mary (great-granddaughter)
Balfour, Betty (granddaughter)
Bulwer-Lytton, Victor (grandson) (show all 11)
Lytton, Neville (grandson)
Lytton, Noel Anthony Scawen (great-grandson)
Lutyens, Emily Lytton (granddaughter)
Lutyens, Elisabeth (great-granddaughter)
Balfour, Lady Eve (great-granddaughter) - Organizations
- UK Parliament
- Awards and honors
- Peer of the Realm (1866)
Chancellor's Gold Medal (Cambridge University, 1825) - Short biography
- Edward Bulwer changed his surname to Bulwer-Lytton in 1844 at the request of his mother, and was created first Baron Lytton in 1866. He was a popular writer who coined several phrases that would go on to become clichés, including the opening line to his 1830 novel Paul Clifford, "It was a dark and stormy night." His name lives on in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, in which the contestants craft bad openings for imaginary novels.
- Disambiguation notice
- Please do not combine with Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton, aka Owen Meredith, 1831-1891, who is the son of this author.
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