It was a dark and stormy night.

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Paul Clifford

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Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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Paul Clifford

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Novel

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Language

English

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

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Politician Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. Paul Clifford. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830.

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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. Paul Clifford. Penguin Classics, 2010.

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