Henry Esmond – W.M. Thackeray- By Mrs. Anna Kurian

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Henry Esmond – W.M. Thackeray , By – Mrs. Anna Kurian, ISBN Code –

 

Edited with: General Introduction, Special Introduction Summaries, Character-Sketches, Critical Appreciation Questions and Answers. (According to U.G.C. Syllabus as Prescribed)

NUMBER OF PAGES-144

General Introduction

The Emergence of the Novel

The Victorian Age

The Tradition of the Realistic Novel in England

Thackeray—An Assessment of His Personality and Ideas

Thackeray’s Literary Achievements

Thackeray as a Novelist

Thackeray’s Style

Thackeray’s Satire

His View of Life as it Emerges from the Novels

Critical Opinions of Thackeray

Special Introduction

Introduction to Henry Esmond

Detailed Summary of Henry Esmond

Plot-Construction in the Novel

Henry Esmond as a Historical Novel

How Thackeray Achieves Verisimilitude?

Henry Esmond leaves us with a Melancholy Conviction of the Vanity of Things Human

The Characters in the Novel

Henry Esmond as a Chronicle of the Times of Queen Anne

Critical Opinions of Henry Esmond

Important Questions and Answers