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Thackeray the sentimental sceptic. (writer William Makepeace Thackeray)

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From: Contemporary Review
Date: 19930601
Author:Bruce, Donald

An analysis of William Makepeace Thackeray's novels is presented. In particular, the symbolical meanings and subtexts of the characters are emphasized. It is also explained as to how Thackeray's attitude against the class structures of his time is incorporated into his stories. The books in focus include 'Vanity Fair,' 'Pendennis,' 'Newcomes,' 'Christmas Books,' 'The Yellowplush Correspondence' and 'Virginians.'

OPPRESSED as he was by his sense of a lost past and a solitary present spent in either defeat or disillusion, W. M. Thackeray was readily attracted by whatever was stable in an age ...

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