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  3. The Life, Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton
    Volume 1
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 October 2014
    13 February 2014
    ISBN:
    9781107253018
    9781108069564
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107253018
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.5kg, 400 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1830-1900
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
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    Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1830-1900
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
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    One of the most popular writers of his age, outsold only by Dickens, Edward George Bulwer Lytton (1803–73), first Baron Lytton, is notable for coining the phrases 'the great unwashed' and 'the pen is mightier than the sword', although his work is largely forgotten today. G. K. Chesterton's appraisal was that 'you could not have the Victorian Age without him'. Lytton requested that his son Edward Robert (1831–91), first Earl of Lytton, complete his autobiography. Complemented by letters and previously unpublished material - the better to flesh out the story of a prolific literary life - it appeared in two volumes in 1883. In his preface, Edward Robert writes that his main purpose is 'to illustrate my father's works by his life, and his life by his works'. Volume 1 contains the original autobiography, along with letters and selected writings that provide insights into Lytton's first twenty-two years.

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