 First edition title page to Vol. I. | |
| Language | English |
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| Publisher | William Blackwood and Sons (Edinburgh) |
Publication date | 1849 |
The Caxtons: A Family Picture is an 1849 Victorian novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton that was popular in its time.[1]
The book was first serialized anonymously in Blackwood's Magazine from April 1848 to October 1849, and first published in novel form (in three volumes) in Britain in 1849.[1] In the United States, it was serialized in Harper's Magazine (1850–53) and Littell's Living Age (1850-52).[2]
The novel was "instantly popular" in Britain and also sold 35,000 copies within three years of its release in the United States.[3]
- ^ a b Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction, p. 111 (1989)
- ^ Mathews, William. Introduction to 1896 reprint, at p. x
- ^ Warner, Charles Dudley, ed. Warner's synopsis of books ancient and modern, Vol. II, p. 134 (1910 edition)