Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Baron Member of Parliament human novelist playwright politician

Edward Bulwer-Lytton was a prolific 19th-century English novelist, playwright, and politician, best known for coining phrases like “the pen is mightier than the sword” and for his influential popular fiction.

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton canonical 46
Bulwer-Lytton 5
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton 3

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Member of Parliament ⓘ
human ⓘ
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playwright ⓘ
politician ⓘ
activePeriod 19th century ⓘ
birthDate 1803-05-25 ⓘ
birthPlace England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
child Emily Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ
Baron Lytton ⓘ
surface form: Robert Bulwer-Lytton
coinedPhrase dweller on the threshold ⓘ
pursuit of the almighty dollar ⓘ
the great unwashed ⓘ
the pen is mightier than the sword ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1873-01-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Devon ⓘ
England ⓘ
Torquay ⓘ
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
Trinity Hall, Cambridge ⓘ
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surface form: Bulwer-Lytton
fullName Edward Bulwer-Lytton self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton
genre Gothic fiction ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
romantic fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
hasSignatureWork The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film) ⓘ
surface form: The Last Days of Pompeii
influenced early science fiction writers ⓘ
popular Victorian fiction ⓘ
knownFor Gothic fiction ⓘ
early science fiction themes ⓘ
popular historical novels ⓘ
silver-fork novels ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
English ⓘ
nobleTitle Lord Lytton ⓘ
surface form: 1st Baron Lytton
notableWork A Strange Story ⓘ
Ernest Maltravers ⓘ
Eugene Aram ⓘ
Money ⓘ
Night and Morning ⓘ
Paul Clifford ⓘ
Pelham ⓘ
Richelieu; or, The Conspiracy ⓘ
Rienzi ⓘ
surface form: Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes

The Caxtons ⓘ
The Coming Race ⓘ
The Lady of Lyons ⓘ
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film) ⓘ
surface form: The Last Days of Pompeii

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occupation dramatist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parodiedBy Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Lincoln ⓘ
Member of Parliament for St Ives ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ
spouse Rosina Bulwer Lytton ⓘ

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Henry Colburn → notableAuthorPublished → Edward Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ
The New Monthly Magazine → editor → Edward Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ
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The Coming Race → author → Edward Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ
Paul Clifford → author → Edward Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ
The Caxtons → author → Edward Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ
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The Lady of Lyons → author → Edward Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ
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Richelieu; or, The Conspiracy → author → Edward Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ
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