Bulwer Lytton Letters in the National Archives

Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was second only to Charles Dickens in his popularity and commercial success as a novelist during the middle years of the nineteenth century, and apart from Benjamin Disraeli is the only major English novelist to have been a cabinet minister. Lytton has a considerable number...

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Published in:	Notes and queries 2006-09, Vol.53 (3), p.332-335
Main Authors:	Beedell, A. V., Harvey, A. D.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	1800-1899 Authors Bibliography Collecting and the Library collection study collections Creative writing English Literature Income taxes Letters Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron (1803-1873) Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron National Archives (Great Britain) Nineteenth Century Public officials Writers
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Summary:	Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was second only to Charles Dickens in his popularity and commercial success as a novelist during the middle years of the nineteenth century, and apart from Benjamin Disraeli is the only major English novelist to have been a cabinet minister. Lytton has a considerable number of letters in the National Archives at Kew but his most interesting letters predate his entry into office by four and a half years. Beedell and Harvey present and analyze these letters, which deal with the perennially vexatious issue of the tax status of a writer's literary earnings.
ISSN:	0029-3970 1471-6941 1471-6941