The William Makepeace Thackeray Library

Download or read book The William Makepeace Thackeray Library written by Richard Pearson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.