Eugene Aram (novel)

First edition title page

Eugene Aram is a melodramatic novel by the British writer Edward George Bulwer-Lytton first published in 1832. It depicts the events leading up to the execution of Eugene Aram in 1759 for murdering his business partner.

Adaptations

The novel was adapted three times for silent films.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Plays The Lady of Lyons (1838) Richelieu (1839) Money (1840) Not So Bad as We Seem, Or, Many Sides to a Character (1851) Novels Paul Clifford (1830) Eugene Aram (1832) Godolphin (1833) The Last Days of Pompeii (1834) Leila: or The Siege of Granada (1838) Zanoni (1842) The Last of the Barons (1843) The Caxtons (1849) Vril (1871) Places Heydon Hall Knebworth House People John Auldjo Henry Bulwer (brother) Elizabeth Barbara Lytton (mother) Rosina Bulwer Lytton (wife) Robert Bulwer-Lytton (son) Isaac D'Israeli Related topics A Blighted Life Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest "It was a dark and stormy night" "The pen is mightier than the sword" "The great unwashed" "The almighty dollar"