Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, (1803 - 1873), was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed," "pursuit of the almighty dollar," "the pen is mightier than the sword," "dweller on the threshold," as well as the infamous opening line "It was a dark and stormy night." Bulwer-Lytton reached the height of his popularity with the publication The Last Days of Pompeii (1834). In this book: Eugene Aram, Complete The Last Days of Pompeii Zanoni
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