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Revision as of 12:49, 14 June 2017
Thackeray, William Makepeace. Pendennis. Pub. 1850. Ed. John Sutherland. Oxford: World's Classics, 1999.
Transpose notes from 1875 ed to Sutherland
Contents
General Notes
- 1850 preface interesting for acknowledgement of serialization pressures
- 13 young Arthur's idolization of his mother like Copperfield - though Mrs P seems more deserving of the "angel" title
- but her "idol worship" of his father and uncle cause problems - 14
Theme Tracking
Reading and Writing
14 "He never read to improve himself out of school-hours, but, on the contrary, devoured all the novels, plays, and poetry on which he could lay his hands."
Materiality
- 2 material description of the Major's correspondence and his "Hot newspaper"
