Lucretia, or the Children of Night

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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and prolific novelist. He coined the phrases ‘the great unwashed,’ ‘pursuit of the almighty dollar,’ ‘the pen is mightier than the sword,’ and the famous opening line ‘It was a dark and stormy night.’