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William Makepeace Thackeray - The Short Stories
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
The Short Stories of William Makepeace Thackeray.
The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer words while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try, and many fail.
In this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished writers. Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say.
In this volume we examine some of the short stories of William Makepeace Thackeray. The great author of Vanity Fair and The Luck of Barry Lyndon was born in India in 1811. At age five his father died, and his mother sent him back to England. His education was of the best, but he himself seemed unable to apply his talents to a rigorous work ethic. After a few years of marriage his wife began to suffer from depression and over the years became detached from reality.
He himself suffered from ill health later in his life, and the one pursuit that kept him moving forward was that of writing, and in his lifetime he was placed second only to Dickens. High praise indeed.
In this volume we take some of his shorter works. They are perfect miniatures of the world as he saw it.