Letters of the Late Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton to His Wife: With Extracts from Her Mss. "Autobiography", and Other Documents, Published in Vindication of Her Memory

Published in 1889, this volume serves as a controversial contribution to the public documentation of the tempestuous marriage between the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton and his wife, Rosina Doyle Wheeler. The collection was curated and published by Louisa Devey, a close friend and literary executor to Rosina, following the latter's death. It was designed to clear Rosina's name by presenting a curated selection of correspondence and autobiographical fragments that highlighted the emotional and domestic volatility of their union, which had previously been subject to intense Victorian scandal.

The publication acts as a poignant, if partisan, historical artifact of nineteenth-century matrimonial litigation and social narrative. By juxtaposing Lytton's letters with Rosina's own accounts, the work seeks to frame the breakdown of their marriage through the lens of her lived experience. Contemporary reception was deeply divided, reflecting the era's discomfort with such intimate airing of domestic grievances; the volume remains a critical primary source for scholars examining the power dynamics of Victorian gender politics and the limitations placed upon women in legal and public discourse during that period.