Pendennis (Thackeray, 1850)

Thackeray, William Makepeace. Pendennis. Pub. 1850. Ed. John Sutherland. Oxford: World's Classics, 1999.

Transpose notes from 1875 ed to Sutherland

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"