ABSTRACT

First published in 1996, The William Makepeace Thackeray Library is a collection of works written by and about the novelist. This sixth volume contains the work of Lewis Melville, one of the most productive biographers and critics of Thackeray at the turn of the 20th century. Richard Pearson’s helpful introduction not only provides additional information on the biographer himself, but also analyses the text and tracks its development over time.

This book will be of interest to those studying Thackeray and nineteenth-century literature.

chapter Chapter I|7 pages

Thackeray's Family History

chapter Chapter II|3 pages

Birth and Childhood

chapter Chapter III|19 pages

At the Charterhouse

chapter Chapter IV|6 pages

At Cambridge

chapter Chapter V|7 pages

In Germany

chapter Chapter VI|14 pages

The Middle Temple, Grub Street, and Paris

chapter Chapter VII|32 pages

Journalism And Marriage

chapter Chapter VIII|5 pages

The Tragedy of His Married Life

chapter Chapter IX|14 pages

Club Life

chapter Chapter X|22 pages

Miscellaneous Authorship—Punch

chapter Chapter XI|9 pages

Novelist and Critic

chapter Chapter XII|16 pages

Thackeray and the Public

chapter Chapter XIII|23 pages

Vanity Fair

chapter Chapter XIV|8 pages

Pendennis—Charlotte Bronte

chapter Chapter XV|9 pages

Thackeray and Punch

chapter Chapter XVII|15 pages

The Newcomes—The Four Georges

chapter Chapter XVIII|10 pages

The Oxford Election

chapter Chapter XX|14 pages

Editor of the Corn= Magazine

chapter Chapter XXI|11 pages

Death

chapter Chapter XXII|15 pages

Thackeray and His Friends

chapter Chapter XXIII|24 pages

Thackeray, the Man

chapter Chapter XXIV|19 pages

Thackeray and the Theatre

chapter Chapter XXV|19 pages

Thackeray as a Public Speaker

chapter Chapter XXVI|14 pages

Thackeray as Artist

chapter Chapter XXVII|21 pages

Tliackeray as Art-Critic

chapter Chapter XXVIII|6 pages

Trackeray, the Philosopher

chapter Chapter XXIX|13 pages

Thackeray, the Writer