Discover the world of William Makepeace Thackeray, one of the greatest writers of the 19th century. This insightful biography explores Thackeray's life, his works, and his enduring legacy. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of English literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Thackeray's Lighter Hours: Being Selections From the Minor Writings of William Makepeace Thackeray There is something whimsical, one must confess, about the suggestion of a pocket Thackeray. A collection of the great scenes in his novels might easily be made, but your lover of Thackeray carries these scenes through the world with him without ever burdening his pockets. Besides, even the great scenes have less to do with our sense of Thackeray's command of his art than the countless little scenes, inextricably interwoven, which make up the texture of his human comedy. But, impossible as it is to give any adequate representation of the novelist in such a series of books as the present one, it is quite possible to show something of the caustic and kindly humor, the careless, inevitable grace, which give Thackery's minor writings such a note of distinction. Even the most fugitive of his rollicking burlesques is written as no one else could have written it, while "The Book of Snobs" and the "Roundabout Papers" are masterpieces of their kind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.