Physical description
396 p. : brown cover embossed with black design. Title and author's name in gold on spine. Gilding on spine.
Publication type
fiction
Inscriptions & markings
Book plate pasted inside front cover: 'Linton / Mechanics' Institute / Established, 1871'. Signed 'J. Dodds, Secretary'. Book plate indicates book was part of original Linton Mechanics' Institute collection.
Summary
A social satire by English author Lord Lytton. The protagonist 'Pisistratus Caxton' is a writer navigating 19th-century English class, ambition, and rural society.
