"The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 04" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton is a Victorian novel first published in 1849. The story follows the Caxton family—scholarly Austin, his wife Kitty, his brother Roland, and Austin's son Pisistratus, the narrator. Their quiet country life shifts when Pisistratus becomes secretary to a Parliament leader, falls for his employer's daughter, and faces heartbreak. The novel explores family affection through gentle humor and light satire, marking a departure from Bulwer-Lytton's earlier melodramatic works. (This is an automatically generated summary.)