Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, contract
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an original contract in the Bulwer-Lytton’s own handwriting for the publication of his essays and criticisms for which he received $1250. The three-page contract is bound in full red morocco binding.
Dates
- Creation: 1864
Creator
- Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from the Edward Bulwer-Lytton Contract must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Bulwar-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, began his literary career in 1820 but he was also a politician, and was a respected member of Parliament for nine years. He authored novels, poems, essays and plays and was a very well-known author. Some of his works include: Godolphin, followed by The Pilgrims of the Rhine (1834), The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), Rienzi: Last of the Tribunes (1835), and Harold: Last of the Saxon Kings (1848). Lord Lytton coined phrases such as “The pen is almightier than the sword” and “It was a dark and stormy night.” After his death in January 1873, he was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet ( (1 folder))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains an original contract in the Bulwer-Lytton’s own handwriting for the publication of his essays and criticisms for which he received $1250. Bulwer-Lytton was an English novelist, playwright, poet, and politician. Lord Lytton was a famous author who coined phrases such as “The pen is almightier than the sword” and “It was a dark and stormy night.”
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to Fondren by Leopold L. Meyer, in memory of Bob Hope, on September 8, 1970.
- Title
- Guide to the Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, contract, ca. 1864
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu