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The Caxtons
English BooksWhale Edition by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A Victorian family novel of books, inheritance, domestic affection, learning, ambition, and comic observation.
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The Caxtons
The Caxtons is a warm and expansive Victorian novel about family life, reading, education, inheritance, and character formation. Bulwer-Lytton combines domestic comedy, reflective narration, and social observation in a work that helped shape mid-nineteenth-century popular fiction.
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton died in 1873, and The Caxtons was first published in book form in 1849. These dates support the public-domain basis for the original English text used in this edition.
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Table of contents
Inside this edition
- 01Full text
- 02Part
- 03THE CAXTONS
- 04A FAMILY PICTURE
- 05PART I.
- 06PREFACE.
- 07E. B. L.
- 08THE CAXTONS.
- 09PART I.
- 10CHAPTER I.
- 11CHAPTER II.
- 12CHAPTER III.
- 13chapter.
- 14CHAPTER IV.
- 15CHAPTER V.
- 16act upon my form. From a robust and vigorous infant, I grew into a pale
- 17CHAPTER VI.
- 18Part
- 19PART II.
- 20CHAPTER I.
- 21A. CAXTON.
- 22CHAPTER II.
- 23CHAPTER III.
- 24chapter, under the head of Salutandi formuloe. And indeed," added my
- 25CHAPTER IV.
- 26CHAPTER V.
- 27A. CAXTON.
- 28Part
- 29PART III.
- 30CHAPTER I.
- 31CHAPTER II.
- 32CHAPTER III.
- 33CHAPTER IV.
- 34CHAPTER V.
- 35CHAPTER VI.
- 36CHAPTER VII.
- 37MY UNCLE ROLAND'S TALE.
- 38CHAPTER VIII.
- 39Part
- 40PART IV.
- 41CHAPTER I.
- 42CHAPTER II.
- 43CHAPTER III.
- 44volume, at least, incontinently."
- 45CHAPTER IV.
- 46scene, usually so trim and orderly, an aspect of pathetic abandonment
- 47CHAPTER V.
- 48CHAPTER VI.
- 49Part
- 50PART V.
- 51CHAPTER I.
- 52part, or sad want of interest with the neighboring magistrates, had
- 53CHAPTER II.
- 54CHAPTER III.
- 55CHAPTER IV.
- 56Part
- 57PART VI.
- 58CHAPTER I.
- 59part of one."
- 60CHAPTER II.
- 61CHAPTER III.
- 62CHAPTER IV.
- 63CHAPTER V.
- 64CHAPTER VI.
- 65CHAPTER VII.
- 66CHAPTER VIII.
- 67Part
- 68PART VII.
- 69CHAPTER I.
- 70CHAPTER II.
- 71E. D."
- 72CHAPTER III.
- 73CHAPTER IV.
- 74CHAPTER V.
- 75MY FATHER'S FIRST LOVE.
- 76CHAPTER VI.
- 77CHAPTER VII.
- 78CHAPTER VIII.
- 79CHAPTER IX.
- 80Part
- 81PART VIII.
- 82CHAPTER I.
- 83CHAPTER II.
- 84CHAPTER III.
- 85CHAPTER IV.
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