A Blighted Life Explained
| A Blighted Life |
| Author: | Rosina Bulwer Lytton |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Biography |
| Publisher: | London Publishing Office |
| Pub Date: | 1880 |
| Pages: | 132 |
| Isbn: | 1-85506-248-8 |
| Oclc: | 30950164 |
A Blighted Life is an 1880 book by Rosina Bulwer Lytton chronicling the events surrounding her incarceration in a Victorian madhouse by her husband Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton and her subsequent release a few weeks later.[1] [2] This was at a time when men could lock up socially inconvenient female relatives in psychiatric institutions.[3]
Further reading
- Bulwer Lytton, Rosina. A Blighted Life. Ed. Marie Mulvey-Roberts. Bristol, England: Thoemmes Press, 1994. (Originally published in 1880 by The London Publishing Office).
- Bulwer Lytton, Rosina. Cheveley. Ed. Marie Mulvey-Roberts. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2005.
- Bulwer Lytton, Rosina. Shells in the Sands of Time. Ed. Marie Mulvey-Roberts. Bristol, England: Thoemmes Press, 1995.
- Bulwer Lytton, Edward. Letters of the late Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton, to his wife: With extracts from her MSS. "Autobiography" and other documents. Ed. Louisa Devey. New York: AMS Press, 1976.
- Cobbold of Knebworth, David Lytton Cobbold. A Blighted Marriage. Knebworth: The Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust, 1999.
- Miles, Patricia and Jill Williams. An Uncommon Criminal. Knebworth: Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust, 1999.
- Mulvey-Roberts, Marie and Steve Carpenter, Eds. The Collected Letters of Rosina Bulwer Lytton. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2008.
Notes and References
- Book: A Blighted Life . Lady Lytton. Rosina Bulwer Lytton. 1880. The London Publishing Office. London. November 28, 2009. (Online text at wikisource.org)
- Book: Devey, Louisa . Life of Rosina, Lady Lytton, with Numerous Extracts from her Ms. Autobiography and Other Original Documents, published in vindication of her memory . 1887 . Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co. London . November 28, 2009. Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org)
- Web site: Noble . Barnes & . A BLIGHTED LIFE - a true storyeBook . 2023-09-15 . Barnes & Noble . en.
