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Memoirs of a Victorian Gentleman, William Makepeace Thackeray
Memoirs of a Victorian Gentleman William Makepeace Thackeray Author:Margaret Forster William Makepeace Thackeray was once so disgusted by an overly fulsome biography he was reading that he threw away the volume and said to his daughters, "Let there be none of this when I go." They saw to it that there was not. Yet what an autobiography this most witty and self-aware of Victorians could have written if he ha... more »d chosen. Regretting that he had not, Margaret Forster decided, after reading every word he had ever written, she would let Thackeray speak for himself. The result is one of the most imaginative literary creations of modern times.
A fictional or faux-biography drawn from Thackery's writings. Illustrations by Thackery throughout. Author's note on method.« less