Thackeray

by Anthony Trollope

Overview

If you want to learn a little more about William Thackeray, both as a person and of his works generally, this monograph will certainly satisfy you. Yet, what may astonish you is the overwhelming capacity of Trollope's mind, as well as the vastness of its repository, for he dissects many of his friend's works in such a meticulous way that would imply that he, Trollope, did nothing else in his whole existence other than study Thackeray's diverse writings as well as every subject, personage or circumstance thereof treated or simply alluded to (even the misheard brogue of the Irish, often scoffed at, is analysed!) (Goodreads)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783965376397
Publisher:	OTB eBook publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2019
Sold by:	CIANDO
Format:	eBook
Pages:	163
File size:	788 KB

About the Author

Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote novels on political, social, and gender issues, and other topical matters. Trollope's literary reputation dipped somewhat during the last years of his life, but he had regained the esteem of critics by the mid-20th century. In 1851, Trollope was sent to England, charged with investigating and reorganising rural mail delivery in south-western England and south Wales. The two-year mission took him over much of Great Britain, often on horseback. Trollope describes this time as "two of the happiest years of my life". In the course of it, he visited Salisbury Cathedral; and there, according to his autobiography, he conceived the plot of The Warden, which became the first of the six Barsetshire novels. His postal work delayed the beginning of writing for a year;[29] the novel was published in 1855, in an edition of 1,000 copies, with Trollope receiving half of the profits: £9 8s. 8d. in 1855, and £10 15s. 1d. in 1856. Although the profits were not large, the book received notices in the press, and brought Trollope to the attention of the novel-reading public. (Wikipedia)

Table of Contents

1. Biographical; 2. Fraser's Magazine and Punch; 3. Vanity Fair; 4. Pendennis and The Newcomes; 5. Esmond and The Virginians; 6. Thackeray's burlesques; 7. Thackeray's lectures; 8. Thackeray's ballads; 9. Thackeray's style and manner of work.