Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton

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Standard Name: Lytton, Rosina Bulwer Lytton,,, Baroness
Birth Name: Rosina Wheeler
Married Name: Rosina Bulwer Lytton
Pseudonym: Hon. George Scott
RBLBL wrote prolifically after her separation from her husband in 1836, penning sixteen novels, as well as a collection of essays and an autobiography. A vein of polemic runs through her work regarding the treatment of women, particularly married women, under nineteenth-century British law. She encountered great difficulty in getting her work published because of her notoriety and the pressure that her husband, a successful novelist, exerted on publishers. He even obtained legal injunctions against her work, which often parodied him.
Blain, Virginia. “Rosina Bulwer Lytton and the Rage of the Unheard”. The Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol.
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Stipple engraving of the head of Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton, by John Jewell Penstone after Alfred Edward Chalon, 1852. Her face is framed by dark hair and a light gauzy scarf wrapped around her head. Her signature, "Rosina Lytton", appears below. National Portrait Gallery.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Leisure and Society Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger
Late in life EOB ran a kind of salon which was remarkable for being bohemian and operating on a shoestring: with tea rather than wine (unlike the lavish salons of contemporary society hostesses like Lady Holland
Friends, Associates Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger
At the same period EOB was a friend of another miscellaneous writer, Elizabeth Isabella Spence , who entertained in the same eccentric, low-budget style. These two elderly ladies (Spence was ten years older than Benger)...
Textual Production Matilda Betham-Edwards
Owen Meredith was the son of two writers: Rosina and Edward Bulwer Lytton . He was born in 1831, five years before his parents separated. He was about seven when his father removed him from...
Family and Intimate relationships Isa Blagden
IB nursed Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton , diplomat, author, and son of Rosina Bulwer Lytton , through a serious bout of gastric fever.
Raymond, William O. “Our Lady of Bellosguardo: A Pastel Portrait”. University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol.
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Browning, Robert, and Isa Blagden. “Introduction”. Dearest Isa: Robert Browning’s Letters to Isabella Blagden, edited by Edward C. McAleer, Greenwood Press, p. xix - xxxiii.
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Family and Intimate relationships Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton
On 29 August 1827 Edward Bulwer (later Bulwer-Lytton) married Rosina Wheeler ; his mother disapproved of the marriage and stopped his allowance.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. “Introduction”. A Blighted Life, edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts, Thoemmes, p. vi - xxxvi.
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Wealth and Poverty Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton
He also sold off all of his new wife 's assets. He then announced that he had got every shilling of her property, and she was completely in his power.
Devey, Louisa. Life of Rosina, Lady Lytton. Swan Sonnenschein, Lowery, http://U. of Toronto.
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Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. “Introduction”. A Blighted Life, edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts, Thoemmes, p. vi - xxxvi.
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Violence Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton
The marriage was fraught with violence. Edward once bit a chunk out of his wife's cheek during a fight. During another dispute, Rosina burnt Edward's favourite shirt.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. “Introduction”. A Blighted Life, edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts, Thoemmes, p. vi - xxxvi.
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Blain, Virginia. “Rosina Bulwer Lytton and the Rage of the Unheard”. The Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol.
53
, No. 3, pp. 210-36.
225
Family and Intimate relationships Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton
On 8 November 1831, Edward Bulwer 's second child with his wife Rosina , Edward Robert Bulwer , was born. He grew up to be a writer like both of his parents, as well as a diplomat.
Sadleir, Michael. Bulwer: A Panorama. Constable.
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Family and Intimate relationships Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton
In April 1836 Edward Bulwer and his wife separated. Rosina Bulwer (later Bulwer-Lytton) retained custody of their children for two years. In 1838, Edward took custody of the children and denied her access to them...
Violence Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton
On 21 June 1858, Bulwer Lytton committed his estranged wife, Rosina Bulwer Lytton , to a lunatic asylum after she spoke publicly in Hertford against his candidacy for parliament as a Tory. Public outrage over...
Fictionalization Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton
Despite the controversy surrounding some of his early writings, Bulwer-Lytton was recognised by mid-Victorian critics as a significant and accomplished novelist. Once Rosina Bulwer Lytton , his estranged wife, turned to writing to support herself...
Birth Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, first Earl Lytton
The future diplomat and poet Edward Robert Bulwer (later Bulwer Lytton , who also used the pseudonym Owen Meredith) was born in London, the younger child of writers Rosina and Edward Bulwer (later Bulwer Lytton) .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Family and Intimate relationships Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, first Earl Lytton
His mother was the novelist Rosina Bulwer Lytton . Her often violent marriage to Edward Bulwer Lytton ended in a very public separation. While she initially retained custody of their two children, Emily and young...
Friends, Associates Catherine Gore
CG was acquainted with a number of important literary figures. Before leaving London for the Continent she attended an assembly given by Rosina Bulwer-Lytton to which Disraeli , Lady Morgan , and Letitia Landon also...
Friends, Associates Anna Maria Hall
One of AMH 's closest friends was the actress Helen Faucit , later Lady Martin. Though socially conservative in her attitudes, she was apparently more ready than her husband to achieve friendly relations with those...

Timeline

June 1874: In an infamous Fortnightly Review article,...

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June 1874

In an infamous Fortnightly Review article, Henry Maudsley condemned education for women as injurious to their bodies and as presaging a sexless race.

1943: Lady Eve Balfour, an early proponent of organic...

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1943

Lady Eve Balfour , an early proponent of organic farming (an earl's daughter whose dazzling family connections made her a descendant of the writer Rosina Bulwer Lytton and niece of the suffragists Frances Balfour and...

Texts

Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. A Blighted Life. The London Publishing Office, 1880.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. A Blighted Life. Editor Roberts, Marie Mulvey, Thoemmes, 1994.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Behind the Scenes. C. J. Skeet, 1854.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Bianca Cappello. William H. Colver, 1843.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Bianca Cappello. Edward Bull, 1843.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Cheveley; or, The Man of Honour. Edward Bull, 1839.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Clumber Chase; or, Love’s Riddle Solved by a Royal Sphinx. 1871.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton, and Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton. “Editorial Materials”. Letters of the Late Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton, to His Wife, edited by Louisa Devey, G. W. Dillingham, 1976.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. “Introduction”. A Blighted Life, edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts, Thoemmes, 1994, p. vi - xxxvi.
Ellis, Stewart Marsh, and Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton. “Introduction and Notes”. Unpublished Letters of Lady Bulwer Lytton to A.E. Chalon, R.A., Nash, 1914, pp. 9 - 26; various pages.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Lady Bulwer Lytton’s Appeal to the Justice and Charity of the English Public. Printed for and published by the author, 1857.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton, and Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton. Letters of the Late Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton, to His Wife. W. Swan Sonnenschein, 1884.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Memoirs of a Muscovite. T. C. Newby, 1844.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Miriam Sedley; or, The Tares and the Wheat. W. Shoberl, 1851.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Refutation of an Audacious Forgery of the Dowager Lady Lytton’s Name to a Book of the Publication of Which she was Totally Ignorant. Privately printed for the author, 1880.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Shells from the Sands of Time. Bickers and Son, 1876, http://U of Toronto.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. The Budget of the Bubble Family. Edward Bull, 1840.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. The Household Fairy. Hall, 1870.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. The Peer’s Daughters. T. C. Newby, 1849.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. The Prince-Duke and the Page. T. and W. Boone, 1841.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. The School for Husbands. A. Hart, 1852.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. The School for Husbands. C. J. Skeet, 1852.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. The World and His Wife; or, A Person of Consequence. C. J. Skeet, 1858.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton, and Stewart Marsh Ellis. Unpublished Letters of Lady Bulwer Lytton to A. E. Chalon, R. A. E. Nash, 1914.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. Very Successful!. Whitaker, 1856.