Scholarship on Lord Byron and his literary works has paid primary attention to his significance as an unprecedented literary celebrity affecting cultural, social, and political realms in the Romantic and Victorian Periods. However, focusing mainly on Byron`s financial situation in accordance with various events in his life, this essay explores how monetary issues influenced his private life and forced him into a corner, resulting in a number of disastrous misfortunes such as divorce, ruin of his literary refutation, and others. This essay argues that many important decisions in Byron`s life were strongly affected by his financial status. At the same time, it is also argued that his attitude toward receiving copyright payments was also determined by different financial expectation for the future. To discuss these issues, this essay examines why Byron had to experience financial difficulties before he left England in 1816 in association with his accruing debts and the sale of Newstead Abbey; how these poor financial circumstances affected his decision to marry Annabella Milbank in 1815; what could have been the real cause for Byron`s divorce; and Byron`s endeavors to recover his ruined literary reputation in the early stages of living outside of England. In conclusion, this essay suggests that creation, consumption, and even the extinction of literary works cannot be independent from non-literary factors such as society, culture, politics, and economics. Among these factors, this essay specifically focuses upon economic or financial situations in which Byron struggled to overcome difficulties. Byron`s marriage, divorce, and decisions regarding receiving profits from his works are all linked, and at the center of these important decisions, therein lies money. It is an undeniable fact that money, from a positive perspective, is the driving force that pushed him into a corner and simultaneously gave life to his works.