The English Humourists: The Four Georges

"The English Humourists, the Four Georges" is an insightful and compelling collection of essays and lectures by William Makepeace Thackeray, one of the most prominent writers of the Victorian era. This volume unites two distinct but complementary works that explore the cultural and political life of 18th-century Britain.

In the first part, Thackeray provides a series of literary portraits of the great English humourists, including Swift, Pope, Steele, and Goldsmith. He analyzes their works n...