Thackerayana: Notes and Anecdotes, Volum 1

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Chatto & Windus, 1875 - 494 sider
This 1875 volume offers a biography of the Victorian novelist, with numerous Thackeray sketches illustrating "humorous incidents in his school life, and favorite scenes and characters in the books of his every-day reading."
 

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