Written for the English Men of Letters series in 1879, this short book gives Thackeray’s life and then surveys his work: the early writing for Fraser’s Magazine and Punch, Vanity Fair, Pendennis and The Newcomes, Esmond and The Virginians, the burlesques, the lectures and the ballads. Trollope writes as a friend and an admirer.
A fascinating meeting of two masters of the Victorian novel. Download the free EPUB.