tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post109769023945226229..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: What's Wrong With Bulwer-Lytton?Jaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-59034408250216526892008-02-11T15:30:00.000-05:002008-02-11T15:30:00.000-05:00I've always thought it was a great sentence. It p...I've always thought it was a great sentence. It perfectly paints a picture of a stormy night - what else is it supposed to do?<BR/><BR/>"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 house-tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com