Bulwer-Lyttons opening sentence goes on for another 300 words. I believe the novel was ‘Clarence Clifford’. Bulwer Lytton was considered a better writer than Dickens because he would never use a simple expression when a verbose one would do. (instead of ‘lighting his pipe’ someone in a Bulwer Lytton novel would ‘apply the Promethean spark to his tube.’) Every year there is a contest named after Lord Bulwer Lytton, sponsored by Stamford University. Applicants must write the worst opening sentence to a novel that no one will ever read the rest of. It has been running since 1982 and originally, the first prize was an original PEANUTS strip by Schulz. Second prize was the complete works of Bulwer Lytton (a lot.) Third prize was two copies of the complete works of Bulwer Lytton.
Bulwer-Lyttons opening sentence goes on for another 300 words. I believe the novel was ‘Clarence Clifford’. Bulwer Lytton was considered a better writer than Dickens because he would never use a simple expression when a verbose one would do. (instead of ‘lighting his pipe’ someone in a Bulwer Lytton novel would ‘apply the Promethean spark to his tube.’) Every year there is a contest named after Lord Bulwer Lytton, sponsored by Stamford University. Applicants must write the worst opening sentence to a novel that no one will ever read the rest of. It has been running since 1982 and originally, the first prize was an original PEANUTS strip by Schulz. Second prize was the complete works of Bulwer Lytton (a lot.) Third prize was two copies of the complete works of Bulwer Lytton.