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Roundabout Papers

Author
William Makepeace Thackeray
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
11 hours 40 minutes
ISBN
9781802569384
Published
19 October 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • essays
  • Victorian
  • satire
  • humor
  • social commentary
  • literature
  • travel
  • domestic life
  • periodical
  • prose

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Roundabout Papers collects William Makepeace Thackeray’s witty, reflective essays originally published in The Cornhill Magazine. With characteristic charm and irony, he muses on everyday life, literature, travel, and human nature, blending personal anecdote with social observation. These discursive “roundabouts” showcase his conversational style and keen insight into Victorian manners, offering both humor and gentle satire.

Author

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863) wrote Vanity Fair and a satirical England of snobs, soldiers, and Becky Sharp. Born in Calcutta, ruined young, he learned the world as a magazine man and then painted it at novel length. The narrator winks; the damage is real. Thirty-one titles here — more Fair than the one book everyone names. He drew as well as he wrote, and he never quite forgave society for being as silly as it is.

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