Thackeray: A Writer's Life

by Catherine Peters

Born into gentlemanly affluence, William Thackeray's life was shattered by early separation from his mother. Unhappy at school and idle at Cambridge, he gambled away part of his fortune before he was 21. This biography explores his life and literary success and is illustrated with his own drawings.

Genres: Biography

304 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 1999

About the author

An expert in 19th-century fiction, Catherine Peters is a former Lecturer in English at Somerville College, Oxford.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very solid, quick life of Thackeray, though like everybody in the world born after 1860 except for me she fails to love Laura Pendennis the correct amount. Really enjoyed the generous inline use of Thackeray's drawings to illustrate his biography.