William Makepeace Thackeray: Memoirs of a Victorian gentleman

by Margaret Forster

. with dw, 1978

Genres: Biography

391 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Margaret Forster was educated at the Carlisle and County High School for Girls. From here she won an Open Scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford where in 1960 she was awarded an honours degree in History.

From 1963 Margaret Forster worked as a novelist, biographer and freelance literary critic, contributing regularly to book programmes on television, to Radio 4 and various newpapers and magazines.

Forster was married to the writer, journalist and broadcaster Hunter Davies. They lived in London. and in the Lake District. They had three children, Caitlin, Jake and Flora.

Reviews

[Sugar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this, really drew me in. Liked the pace of it. Disappointed when I read the author's note at the end because I thought it was all Thackeray's work. Although Margaret Foster does a brilliant job, I felt cheated.

[Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing act of literary ventrioloquism -- captures Thackeray's voice perfectly. Also included are illustrations by Thackeray taken from (of course)various titles that fit pretty well. Very enjoyable.

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book written in the style of Thackeray himself as if he were writing his mempoirs. It was more entertaining at the beginning; but I suppose Forster couldn't help it that there was no major climax to the story of his life.

[Cindy]

I loved it! I randomly bought this at a used book sale and it is now one of my all time favorite books. So... now I'm reading Vanity Fair and I like it too so far.