The Inheritance of Genius: A Thackeray Family Biography 1798-1875 - Softcover

Aplin, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718892240 ISBN 13: 9780718892241

Publisher: James Clarke and Co Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

This book, the first of two volumes anticipating the bicentenary of the birth of William Makepeace Thackeray in 1811, details not only the author's life, but also the cosmopolitan and literary worlds inhabited by his two daughters, Minny and Annie. When Thackeray died in 1863, the two sisters were forced to find their own way forward. Minny would marry Leslie Stephen, later father of Virginia Woolf, and die at only thirty-five; Annie, encouraged in early years by her father, would herself emerge as a successful novelist, though one always living, albeit willingly, within her father's shadow. Drawing continuously on the letters, diaries, journals and notebooks of the Thackerays and their circle, Aplin sheds light on this remarkable man's family, and the effect that his life, death and legacy had on those closest to him. The book will appeal not just to those interested in Thackeray and the Victorians, but also to readers of biography, womenís studies and memoirs, and to followers of Viriginia Woolf and Bloomsbury.

About this title

About the Author

Formerly Head of the Department of Performing Arts at Brunel University, since 2001 John Aplin has pursued independent and extensive research on the Thackeray family. In 2006 he published A True Affection: Anne Thackeray Ritchie and the Tennysons. The Inheritance of Genius will be followed by a second volume Memory and Legacy, and both are due for publication in 2010 by The Lutterworth Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: James Clarke and Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718892240
• ISBN 13: 9780718892241
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332