Comments on: 1850: David Copperfield and Pendennis http://blog.oup.com/2011/12/1850/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Fri, 24 May 2013 14:13:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: David James http://blog.oup.com/2011/12/1850/#comment-245813 David James Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:25:28 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=20469#comment-245813 Nice review of Becky, a book in a million. Also pleased to see the image of Natasha Little as Becky in the BBC serial of Vanity Fair - by far the best Becky to date. I find most of the other Thackeray novels a bit tame or reprises of VF - apart from Lovel the Widower, based on the rejected Thackeray play 'The Wolves and the Lamb', which is an interesting stream of consciousness attempt and very modern in avoiding a trite ending. Nice review of Becky, a book in a million. Also pleased to see the image of Natasha Little as Becky in the BBC serial of Vanity Fair – by far the best Becky to date.

I find most of the other Thackeray novels a bit tame or reprises of VF – apart from Lovel the Widower, based on the rejected Thackeray play ‘The Wolves and the Lamb’, which is an interesting stream of consciousness attempt and very modern in avoiding a trite ending.

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