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The Caxtons by Edward George E.L. Bulwer-Lytton. The Caxtons is a Victorian-era novel that follows the Caxton family across a generation, beginning with Augustine (Austin) Caxton, a scholarly, retired tutor whose home life becomes the stage for a broad meditation on education, humanity, and happiness. Narrated with a mix of irony and sympathy by Pisistratus (Pisistratus Caxton), the narrative centers on the delicate balance between study and action: the shifting influence of a devoted wife, a prodigious but reserved father, and a circle of lively relatives, including Uncle Jack, the roguish, relentlessly ingenious schemer; Captain Roland de Caxton, a veteran with a heroic past; and Trevanion, a statesman whose public life tests private loyalties. Through intimate vignettes of birth, marriage, education, and social satire, Bulwer-Lytton explores how home, conscience, and ambition shape a man’s life and a nation’s future. The novel interweaves domestic tenderness with sharp observations on society, politics, and the language of honour.
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