“ Thackeray's a good writer and Flaubert is a great artist. Trollope is a good writer and Dickens is a great artist. Colette is a very good writer and Proust is a great artist. Katherine Anne Porter was… Truman Capote
“ I like Mr. Dickens’ books much better than yours, Papa. Said one of Thackeray’s daughters. David Markson
“ If she did not wish to lead a virtuous life, at least she desired to enjoy a character for virtue, and we know that no lady in the genteel world can possess this desideratum, until she has put on a tr… William Makepeace Thackeray
