The Caxtons: A Family Picture

· Aeneas Press
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A country scholar, his son, and a brother who has spent the family money - a household comedy about forgiveness, told by a father who keeps interrupting himself. Bulwer-Lytton wrote it after his own separation and it is the gentlest thing he did. This edition binds 53 plates after Edward Hicks, Myles Birket Foster, John Constable and George Morland, with five restored and coloured illustrations in the text.
A country scholar, his son, and a brother who has spent the family money - a household comedy about forgiveness, told by a father who keeps interrupting himself. Bulwer-Lytton wrote it after his own separation and it is the gentlest thing he did. This edition binds 53 plates after Edward Hicks, M...

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, playwright and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies and later Baron Lytton. Enormously popular in his day, he coined several phrases that outlived his reputation. His works include The Caxtons, The Last Days of Pompeii, Pelham, and The Coming Race.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, playwright and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies and later Baron Lytton. Enormously popular in his day, he coined several phrases that outlived his reputation. His works include The Caxtons, The Last Days of Pompeii, Pelham, ...

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