Title: The Caxtons
Subtitle: a family picture
First published: 1896
Description: A coming-of-age Victorian novel, with plenty of add-ons to justify it's classification as a Victorian melodrama or even as Victorian Gothic. Except for its length and prolixity, it is a delightful book. Try the audiobook, if the print or digital version puts you off, which would be a sad shame.
Subjects: English fiction, politics, coming of age
Places: Southern Australia, Cumberland (England), London, Cambridge, Regent Street, Paris, Waterloo
People: William Caxton printer
Time periods: Around 1830