The William Makepeace Thackeray Library: Volume III - Thackeray by Anthony Trollope

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 Trollopes volume on Thackeray from John Morleys series entitled The English Men of Letters. The work signifies Thackerays 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 Thackerays relationship and the books critical reception.

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