Paul Clifford

Paul Clifford

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 was successful upon its release. Though "Clifford" is rarely read among the general reading public today, it contains one of the most widely known openings in English literary history: "It was a dark and stormy night." It is frequently invoked for its atmospheric and neo-Gothic description, often in the mystery, detective, horror, and thriller genres. Because of its Romantic qualities, it has...
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Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Genre:Novel
Year published:1830
Number of editions:17

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
May 25, 1803 - January 18, 1873
Birthplace:London

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC , was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling dime-novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined several phrases that would...
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Additional works by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
BookCopyright DateGenre
Vril Science Fiction
The Coming Race 1871 Speculative fiction
Pelham 1828 Speculative fiction
Zanoni 1842 Speculative fiction
A Strange Story 1862 Speculative fiction
Asmodeus at Large 1833 Speculative fiction
Godolphin 1833 Speculative fiction
The Pilgrims of the Rhine 1834 Speculative fiction
Letters from Owen Meredith (Robert, first earl of Lytton) to Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rienzi
Yeme Pompeʼah ha-aḥaronim
Parisians
King Arthur ..
Richelieu
Caxtons, Zicci, The haunted and the haunters
Speeches
Lucretia
letter to a late cabinet minister on the present crisis
Leila
St. Stephen's
The last of the barons
The poetical and dramatic works
Caxtons
Eva, a true story, of light and darkness
Kenelm Chillingly
Miscellaneous prose works
secret way
Alice, or, The mysteries
What will he do with it
duchess de la Valliere
England und die Engländer
lady of Lyons
Quarterly essays
poetical works of the Right Hon. Lord Lytton
Walpole
Arasmanes
Richelius
Rienzi; Kenelm Chillingly
wife of Miletus
Letters to John Bull, esq
Bulwer Lytton's novels
England and the English
Not so bad as we seem
Pelham, or, Adventures of a gentleman /cby Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, bart.
Bulwer's drama of Richelieu
Pamphlets and sketches
Leila, or, The siege of Granada
Harold
life, letters and literary remains of Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton
The novels and romances of Edward Bulwer Lytton (Lord Lytton)
Dramas and poems
Devereux
Night and morning
Alice
Athens
Granadas belägring
"My novel"
The dramatic works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, bart
Harold, the last of the Saxon kings
Falkland
new Timon
Dramas
derniers jours de Pompéï
Lucrezia
lost tales of Miletus
Eugene Aram
Money, a comedy in five acts
disowned
fallen star
Sculpture
Siamese twins
st Maltravers
Caxtons, a family picture
Conversations with an ambitious student in ill health
student
Weeds and wildflowers
Pausanias, the Spartan
[Bulwer's works]
Bulwer and Macready
Bulwer's novels
Ernest Maltravers
Ismael
The last days of Pompeii
The pilgrims of the Rhine ; to which is prefixed, The ideal world ; The coming race
rightful heir
works of Edward Bulwer Lytton
The Caxtons
Athens: its rise and fall
Ernest Maltravers ; and, Alice, or, The mysteries
Pelham, or, Adventures of a gentleman
The sea-captain
The lady of Lyons, or, Love and pride
What will he do with it, by Pisistratus Caxton
The last days of Pompeii ; Harold, the last of the Saxon kings
The lady of Lyons
The last days of Pompeii
Lucretia, or, The children of night
Money
"My novel" by Pisistratus Caxton [pseud.]
The disowned
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Literary Genres

Novel
Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and...
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  • Q:
    "Paul Clifford" is in what literary genre?
  • A:
    The book is labeled as: Novel.
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    What year was the work "Paul Clifford" first printed?
  • A:
    The book was initially published in 1830.

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