1850 Last days of Pompeii Victorian vintage book by Edward Bulwer Lyton antique collectible made into opera by Errico Petrella

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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ABOUT: Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer
The Last Days of Pompeii
NY: Hurst & Company
1850