Roundabout Papers

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Roundabout Papers" by William Makepeace Thackeray is a collection of essays and reflections written during the mid-19th century. The work captures Thackeray's keen observations on society, personal experiences, and literature through a variety of vignettes and humorous anecdotes, showcasing his characteristic blend of wit and critical insight. At the start of "Roundabout Papers," Thackeray describes a serene autumn in the quaint town of Chur, Switzerland, where he reflects on the history of the area and the peculiar figure of St. Lucius. The author observes the pastoral life around him, contrasting it with the hustle of modern progress. He introduces a lazy boy absorbed in reading novels and muses on the impact of literature on youth, celebrating the thrill and adventure found in storytelling while cautioning against excess. This opening establishes a contemplative yet humorous tone, inviting readers to engage with Thackeray's thoughts on reading, youth, and the peculiarities of human nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

On a lazy idle boy

On two children in black

On ribbons

On some late great victories

Thorns in the cushion

On screens in dining-rooms

Tunbridge toys

De juventute

On a joke I once heard from the late Thomas Hood

Round about the Christmas tree

On a chalk-mark on the door

On being found out

On a hundred years hence

Small-beer chronicle

Ogres

On two roundabout papers which I intend to write

A Mississippi bubble

On Letts's diary

Notes of a week's holiday

Nil nisi bonum

On half a loaf: A letter to Messrs. Broadway, Battery and Co., of New York, Bankers

The notch on the Axe: a story à la mode

De finibus

On a peal of bells

On a pear-tree

Dessein's

On some carp at Sans Souci

Autour de mon chapeau

On Alexandrines: a letter to some country cousins

On a medal of George the Fourth

"Strange to say, on Club paper"

The last sketch.

Credits:

Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger

Notes:

Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2006-05-22