First published in 1996, The William Makepeace Thackeray Library is a collection of works written by and about the novelist. This third volume contains Anthony Trollopeâs volume on Thackeray from John Morleyâs series entitled The English Men of Letters. The work signifies Thackerayâs move to perceived respectability, placing him as part of the literary establishment, alongside writers such as Spenser, Johnson, Milton, Chaucer, Pope and Wordsworth. The introduction by Richard Pearson outlines the context in which the volume was written and received, including Trollope and Thackerayâs relationship and the bookâs critical reception. This book will be of interest to those studying Thackeray and nineteenth-century literature.
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