Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (who was not a doctor) is possibly best known for the opening line of his 1830 novel, Paul Clifford:
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. (Snoopy was apparently a fan.) Bulwer-Lytton was also the originator of phrases such as “the great unwashed”, “pursuit of the almighty dollar”, and “the pen is mightier than the sword.”
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (who was not a doctor) is possibly best known for the opening line of his 1830 novel, Paul Clifford:
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. (Snoopy was apparently a fan.) Bulwer-Lytton was also the originator of phrases such as “the great unwashed”, “pursuit of the almighty dollar”, and “the pen is mightier than the sword.”