CONTENTS: Chapters General Introduction Novel-An Introduction The Age of “Thackeray The Tradition of Realistic Novel in England and Thackeray’s Place in It. His Affinities with Fielding And Dickens Thackeray— an Assessment of His Personality and Ideas Thackeray’s Novels Thackeray’s Art of Plot-Construction Thackeray’s Art of Characterization Thackeray’s Realism Thackeray’s Cynicism Thackeray’s Art of Narration Thackeray’s Satire Thackeray’s Humour Thackeray’s View of Life Autographical Element in the Novels of Thackeray Thackeray as a Historical Novelist Thackeray’s Style Thackeray as an Artist S Thackeray as a Moralist A General Estimate of Thackeray as a Novelist Dickens and Thackeray A Comparison Critical Opinions on Thackeray Chronology Special Introduction Introduction to Vanity Fair