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June 20, 2008
It Was A Dark And Stormy Night
I have found another treasure, at least for me, in the mystery box that contained the newspaper shown in the previous entry. It might be hard to make out--it's a letter signed by none other than Edward George Bulwer-Lytton on December 29, 1840. I'm pretty sure that literature majors would know who he is but for those who are not familiar with this talented man I have also included a web-site that was founded in his memory. Enjoy.
Posted by DavidStanley at June 20, 2008 12:24 PM
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That's fantastic!
I also like the Little Lytton contest, which acknowledges that Lytton was famous for a single line, not a paragraph.
http://adamcadre.ac/lyttle.html
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at June 20, 2008 3:12 PM
Nice. I know the Snoopy cartoon they mentioned too. My friends and I used to make up songs from the first lines of books in high school. We used this one several times because it was too good (other favorites we used over include "Call me Ishmael" and "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times").
Posted by: Karissa at June 20, 2008 4:29 PM
Nice find! I bet our Writing Popular Fiction students would get a huge kick out of this. FRAME IT!
-- Mike A.
Posted by: Mike Arnzen at June 20, 2008 6:34 PM