02833nam 2200649 450 991045434240332120200520144314.01-282-02472-897866120247260-8264-2166-0(CKB)1000000000724620(EBL)436744(OCoLC)319696180(SSID)ssj0000115940(PQKBManifestationID)11131359(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115940(PQKBWorkID)10027213(PQKB)11214433(MiAaPQ)EBC5309784(MiAaPQ)EBC436744(Au-PeEL)EBL5309784(CaPaEBR)ebr11518748(OCoLC)1027192682(Au-PeEL)EBL436744(CaONFJC)MIL202472(EXLCZ)99100000000072462020180315h20032003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBulwer Lytton the rise and fall of a Victorian man of letters /Leslie MitchellLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :Hambledon and London,2003.©20031 online resource (331 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85285-423-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Upbringing of a Puppy; 2 Rosina; 3 'The Misfortune of My Life'; 4 Robert and Emily; 5 Society; 6 A Writer and the Public; 7 Ghosts and Artists; 8 Europe; 9 Radical; 10 Tory; 11 Cabinet Minister; 12 Prophet; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAfter a prolific life as an author with a European reputation, outselling Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton was ennobled and, on his death, buried in Westminster Abbey. Since the First World War, however, his literary reputation has sunk and he is now little read. Bulwer Lytton is the first modern biography of an extraordinary man whose literary output was prodigious. It ranged from novels, such as The Last Days of Pompeii, and poetry to plays, biographies and extensive political commentaries and journalism. A dandy to rival Disraeli, he lived life in London, at Knebworth, his country house, or moAuthors, English19th centuryBiographyCabinet officersGreat BritainBiographyJournalistsGreat BritainBiographyElectronic books.Authors, EnglishCabinet officersJournalists823.8Mitchell L. G(Leslie George),988832MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454342403321Bulwer Lytton2456972UNINA