Download or read book Selected Letters of William Makepeace Thackeray written by William Makepeace Thackeray and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1996-11-14 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These letters have been selected according to their ability to convey the essential biographical developments of a very interesting life, and their ability to represent highly characteristic verbal and pictorial expressions of a great man of letters. In spite of his struggles, Thackeray articulates in his letters an exhuberance characteristic of one of the great enjoyers of life. Seventy five of his comical illustrations accompany the texts of these letters.