The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Complete by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

"The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Complete" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton is a Victorian novel published in 1849. The story follows the Caxton family: scholarly Austin working on his grand history, his wife Kitty, his brother Roland the Captain, and Austin's son Pisistratus who narrates. Their quiet country life shifts when young Pisistratus becomes secretary to a parliamentary leader, falls for his employer's daughter, and faces heartbreak alongside his father's financial troubles. This gentle, humorous family portrait marked a turning point in Victorian fiction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873
Title The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Complete
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caxtons
Credits Produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject English fiction -- 19th century
Subject Families -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 7605
Release Date
Last Update Jan 26, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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