Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton Audiobooks

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

1803–1873

Best remembered for wildly popular Victorian novels and a gift for unforgettable phrases, this English writer moved easily between literary fame and public life. He wrote historical romances, occult tales, social novels, and plays, leaving behind a body of work that was huge even by 19th-century standards.

About the author

Born in London on May 25, 1803, Edward Bulwer-Lytton became one of the most widely read British authors of his era. Britannica describes him as a prolific novelist who is still chiefly remembered as a storyteller, while Wikipedia notes that he was also active in politics for decades and later became the 1st Baron Lytton.

His fiction ranged widely, from society novels such as Pelham to historical and imaginative works including The Last Days of Pompeii, Rienzi, and Zanoni. He is also closely tied to several famous phrases that outlived his reputation, including “the pen is mightier than the sword” and the much-quoted opening “It was a dark and stormy night.”

Bulwer-Lytton’s career joined literary ambition with public service: he served in Parliament, held office as Secretary of State for the Colonies, and was raised to the peerage in 1866. He died on January 18, 1873, but his novels, dramatic flair, and knack for memorable lines still make him a distinctive figure in Victorian literature.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

225 Audiobooks

Godolphin, Volume 4.

Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters An Unfinished Historical Romance

Night and Morning, Volume 2

Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book III.

Pelham — Volume 03

Pelham — Volume 05

Calderon the Courtier, a Tale

Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book V.

"My Novel" — Volume 07

A Strange Story — Complete

Godolphin, Complete

A Strange Story — Volume 05

The Last of the Barons — Volume 04

"My Novel" — Volume 09

Eugene Aram — Volume 01

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 08

The Coming Race

Kenelm Chillingly — Complete

The Parisians — Complete

Stories of Intellect

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12

Lucretia — Volume 05

The Last Days of Pompeii

Night and Morning, Volume 3

The Last of the Barons — Volume 02

The Last of the Barons — Complete

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06

"My Novel" — Volume 05

Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 04

The Last of the Barons — Volume 12

Lucretia — Complete

"My Novel" — Volume 03

The Parisians — Volume 12

"My Novel" — Volume 10

Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book II

"My Novel" — Volume 11

Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 08

Paul Clifford — Volume 03

A Strange Story — Volume 06

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 09

Night and Morning, Complete

Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book I.

The Parisians — Volume 03

The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Complete

Pelham — Complete

"My Novel" — Volume 08

Night and Morning, Volume 4

Pelham — Volume 02

Paul Clifford — Volume 07

The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham

The Haunted and the Haunters; Or, The House and the Brain

"My Novel" — Volume 12

Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book II.

The Parisians — Volume 06

Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 06

What Will He Do with It? — Volume 11

The Parisians — Volume 09

Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Complete

Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 11

Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 03

Eugene Aram — Volume 05

Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes

Ernest Maltravers — Complete

The Parisians — Volume 02

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 11

Pelham — Volume 07

Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 03

The Disowned — Volume 01

Paul Clifford — Volume 05

Paul Clifford — Complete

"My Novel" — Complete

The Pilgrims of the Rhine

"My Novel" — Volume 02

"My Novel" — Volume 06

Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 10

The Parisians — Volume 04

Pelham — Volume 08