{"product_id":"a-roundabout-manner-by-william-makepeace-thackeray-9781910749920","title":"A Roundabout Manner","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Makepeace Thackeray has always been an author for those with discriminating literary palettes. \u003cem\u003eI do not hesitate to name Thackeray first\u003c\/em\u003e, said his most devoted disciple, Anthony Trollope. Few would deny that he is the finest literary stylist of his time. Thackeray was at his most Thackerayan in what he called \u003cem\u003esmall beer chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e: the little things in life. His style reached its highest pitch in essays, his cutting wit in journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first \u003cem\u003esampler\u003c\/em\u003e which covers all of Thackeray's versatile genius: his cartoons, his journalism, his carefully restrained sentimentality (much to Victorian taste), his cutting satire, his essayism and what one could grandly call the Thackerayan world view—summed up (as printed here) in the foreword and afterword of his masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of incidental pieces and cartoons (no writer has ever illustrated his own work better) catches him at his most characteristic. Enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Points:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe first anthology of Thackeray's varied writings as journalist and essayist\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWith explanatory notes throughout by scholar and writer John Sutherland\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIllustrated with sketches and cartoons by Thackeray\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA charming gift for fans of Thackeray and Victoriana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67708752134380,"sku":"9781910749920","price":34.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781910749920-a-roundabout-manner-1.jpg?v=1791834873","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/a-roundabout-manner-by-william-makepeace-thackeray-9781910749920","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}