{"id":5167,"date":"2017-07-30T09:24:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T16:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=5167"},"modified":"2017-07-30T10:57:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T17:57:22","slug":"it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night\/","title":{"rendered":"It Was a Dark and Stormy Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paul<\/p>\n

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.<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0Paul Clifford<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Edward Bulwer-Lytton<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, this is that<\/em> quote, the often quoted dark and stormy night quote.<\/p>\n

Photo by\u00a0Manolo Chr\u00e9tien<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, this is that quote, the often quoted dark and stormy night quote. \u00a0It’s from Paul Clifford written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.\u00a0<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[1190,636,488,736,1191,604,193,608,459],"class_list":["post-5167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quote-photos","tag-edward-bulwer-lytton","tag-famous-quotes","tag-london-quotes","tag-night-quotes","tag-paul-clifford","tag-rain-quotes","tag-spooky-quotes","tag-storm-quotes","tag-wind-quotes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t