Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton

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Standard Name: Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton,,, first Baron
Birth Name: Edward George Earle Bulwer
Self-constructed Name: Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
Titled: Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton , who began his prolific career as Edward Bulwer, wrote many kinds of novels—from the silver-fork genre (whose name derived from a derisive reference to Bulwer himself as a silver fork polisher
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in Fraser's Magazine ) and domestic fiction to crime or Newgate novels (the forerunner of sensation fiction), science fiction, and occult stories. He also wrote three plays, several books of poetry, and an Arthurian epic, as well as editing The New Monthly Magazine from 1831 to 1833.
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Wealth and Poverty Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton
As result of her separation from Edward and her reduced income (of four hundred pounds a year), Rosina Bulwer was forced to live either abroad or in the social back-waters
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. “Introduction”. A Blighted Life, edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts, Thoemmes, p. vi - xxxvi.
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of Britain.
Wealth and Poverty Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
In her first book she had described attendance at this kind of auction as a fashionable amusement. The sale, which took place after she had fled the country, realised only £12,000.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton paid seven...
Violence Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton
The Bulwers' marriage was tempestuous, abusive, and scandal-ridden. Edward was not only unfaithful but also abusive. On one occasion he bit a chunk out of Rosina's cheek during a fight; another time, she burnt her...
Violence Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton
Rosina Bulwer Lytton (later Baroness Lytton ) was committed to a lunatic asylum by her estranged husband, Edward Bulwer Lytton , after she made a public speech in Hertford against his candidacy for parliament as...
Travel Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton
The Bulwers visited Naples together; that was one of the places where Edward accused Rosina of encouraging other men.
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Theme or Topic Treated in Text Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton
In it she used public humiliation in an attempt to persuade her husband to increase her allowance. She denounced him as a literary Cagliostro , political Titus Oates and marital Henry the Eighth—
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Theme or Topic Treated in Text Eliza Cook
Eliza Cook's Journal takes the form of discrete essays by EC and others; poems, too, were included. The language is informal and conversational, though a heavy use of quotation-marks for words or phrases deemed in...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Harriet Smythies
The notes provide all kinds of contextual material, from official despatches and casualty lists to private letters. HS celebrates Edward Bulwer Lytton (who had two nephews at the war) both as a Tory and as...
Textual Production Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton
Two years after the death of Rosina Bulwer Lytton , her literary executrix, Louisa Devey , published Letters of the Late Edward Bulwer Lytton, Lord Lytton , to His Wife.
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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...
Textual Production James Malcolm Rymer
The 1852 edtion claimed to be by the author of Paul Clifford, which, published in 1830, was the earliest popular highwayman novel, and was in fact by Edward Bulwer-Lytton .
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Textual Production Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
This work involved her in finding—and engaging in voluminous correspondence with—contributors (who often were or became her personal friends), such as Anna Maria Hall , Felicia Hemans , Amelia Opie , Mary Russell Mitford ,...
Textual Production Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton
Rosina Bulwer (later Baroness Lytton) published her second satirical novel, The Budget of the Bubble Family (which is based on that of her husband , the Bulwers).
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. “Introduction”. A Blighted Life, edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts, Thoemmes, p. vi - xxxvi.
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Athenæum. J. Lection.
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Textual Production Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton
Rosina Bulwer Lytton 's autobiography was published: A Blighted Life described her confinement by her husband to a lunatic asylum in 1858 after she spoke out about his political career.
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton,. “Introduction”. A Blighted Life, edited by Marie Mulvey Roberts, Thoemmes, p. vi - xxxvi.
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Textual Production Charles Dickens
Other contributions were appeared from Mrs Alexander , Elizabeth Barrett Browning , Edward Bulwer-Lytton , Caroline Chisholm (later parodied by CD ), Wilkie Collins , Dinah Mulock and Georgiana Craik , Amelia B. Edwards ,...

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21 June 1737: The Licensing Act received royal assent:...

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21 June 1737

The Licensing Act received royal assent: the number of legitimate theatres in London was set at two, and plays were subject to censorship by the Lord Chamberlain.

30 November 1824: A banker, Henry Fauntleroy, was hanged for...

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30 November 1824

A banker, Henry Fauntleroy , was hanged for forgery at Newgate Prison in London, before a crowd of 100,000. The bank he had worked for was that of Anne Marsh 's husband's family.

1826: The English Gypsy, or Roma, population was...

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1826

The English Gypsy, or Roma, population was grouped by authorities with all nomadic or vagrant peoples, who were estimated by William Cobbett to number around 30,000.

3 May 1834: William Harrison Ainsworth published his...

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3 May 1834

William Harrison Ainsworth published his hugely successful first novel, Rookwood.

May 1837: Thomas Noon Talfourd, MP for Reading, author,...

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May 1837

Thomas Noon Talfourd , MP for Reading, author, and friend of the literati, began his campaign to extend the length of copyright.

3 March 1838: The first issue of The Monthly Chronicle:...

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3 March 1838

The first issue of The Monthly Chronicle: A National Journal of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art was published.

22 August 1843: The Theatres Regulation Act made it legal...

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22 August 1843

The Theatres Regulation Act made it legal for any theatre to become licensed for drama (thus expanding its repertoire) and required all new commercial plays to be approved by the Lord Chamberlain seven days before...

2 September 1852: The Manchester Free Library, the first major...

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2 September 1852

The Manchester Free Library , the first major British public lending library, opened in Manchester.

October 1852: Mrs Maria Hayden brought the American practice...

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October 1852

Mrs Maria Hayden brought the American practice of spiritualism across the ocean to England, where she advertised as a medium.

By 14 April 1855: Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton published his...

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By 14 April 1855

Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton published his first book of poetry, Clytemnestra, The Earl's Return, The Artist, and Other Poems, as Owen Meredith.

Texts

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. A Letter to a Late Cabinet Minister on the Current Crisis. Saunders and Ottley, 1834.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. A Strange Story. S. Low, 1862.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. Devereux. A tale. Henry Colburn, 1829.
Wolff, Robert Lee et al. “Devoted Disciple: The Letters of Mary Elizabeth Braddon to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 1862-1873”. Harvard Library Bulletin, Vol.
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, pp. 1 - 35, 129.
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.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. Eugene Aram. H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. Falkland. H. Colburn, 1827.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. Ismael, an oriental tale, with other poems, etc. J. Hatchard & Son, 1820.
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.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. Paul Clifford. H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. Paul Clifford. W. Scott, 1840.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. Pelham. H. Colburn, 1828.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. “Review of <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Romance and Reality</span> by L.E.L”. The New Monthly Magazine, Vol.
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, No. 132, pp. 545-51.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. The Caxtons. W. Blackwood, 1849.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. The Coming Race. W. Blackwood and Sons, 1871.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. The Last Days of Pompeii. R. Bentley, 1834.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton, and Sidney Hall. The Parisians. W. Blackwood and Sons, 1873.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,. Zanoni. Saunders and Otley, 1842.