The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest was a tongue-in-cheek contest, held annually and sponsored by the English Department of San José State University in San Jose, California until 2025. Entrants were in
Portrait of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, by Henry William Pickersgill, 1831
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Paul Clifford
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Paul Clifford is a novel published in 1830 by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It tells the life of Paul Clifford, a man who leads a dual life as both a criminal and an upscale gentleman. The book
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
…and playwright Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author of the much-quoted first line "It was a dark and stormy night". This opening, from the 1830 novel Paul Clifford, reads in full: It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of…
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