About Papers
William Makepeace
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Description
William Makepeace Thackeray's Roundabout Papers, gathered from the Cornhill Magazine, are familiar essays on whatever catches the author's eye: carp at Sans Souci, old ladies, young artists. The small vanities of London life. Thackeray wanders by design, and the digression is often the point.
The tone is that of a genial clubman talking to friends, with satire softened by sympathy. Readers meet a novelist at ease, remembering, grumbling, and laughing at himself. The papers are a pleasant shelf of Victorian essay writing, best dipped into rather than read straight through.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | William Makepeace |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |