Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to June 1859, choosing Richard Clement Moody as founder of British Columbia. He declined the Crown of Greece in 1862 after King Otto abdicated. He was created Baron Lytton of Knebworth in 1866. Bulwer-Lytton's works were well known in his time. He coined famous phrases like "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", "dweller on the threshold", "the great unwashed", and the opening phrase "It was a dark and stormy night." The sardonic Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, held annually since 1982, claims to seek the "opening sentence of the worst of all possible novels". |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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| Victor | B-20872 | 10-in. | 10/17/1917 | When stars are in the quiet skies | Florence Hinkle | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | BS-82354 | 10-in. | 4/26/1934 | Absent yet present | Richard Crooks | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | author |
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102320.
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102320.
"Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.
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