The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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". Īulwer-Lytton's works were well known in his time. He was created Baron Lytton of Knebworth in 1866. He declined the Crown of Greece in 1862 after King Otto abdicated. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to June 1859, choosing Richard Clement Moody as founder of British Columbia. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866.
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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC ( – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician.