Eugene Aram (novel)

Eugene Aram is a melodramatic novel by the British writer Edward 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.[1]

First edition title page

Adaptations
Main article: Eugene Aram (disambiguation)

Lytton started the novel after having completed the first act of a play on the same subject, then dropping it in favour of what he considered the higher art form. This first act was then extended into a five-act play, giving proper credit to Lytton, by New Orleans poet Espy William Henricks Williams (30 January 1852 – 28 August 1908), and published 1873, shortly after publication by W. G. Wills of The Fate of Eugene Aram,[2] which has been performed (as Eugene Aram) in England and Australia.[3]

The novel was adapted three times for silent films, in 1914,[4] 1915[5] and 1924.[6]

References
  1. Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (1832). Eugene Aram: a tale. George Routledge, London. OCLC 27875093.
  2. Patricia Kennedy Rickels (1961). The Literary Career of Epsey [sic] Williams: New Orleans poet and Playwright (1852–1908) (Thesis). Louisiana State University (LSU) Historical Dissertations and Theses. p. 54. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. "Theatrical Gossip". The Tasmanian Tribune. Vol. III, no. 233. Tasmania, Australia. 23 June 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 15 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Eugene Aram (1914)". Collections search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 296. ISBN 1857392299.
  6. "Eugene Aram (1924)". Collections search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2020.


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