| 词条 | The Virginians |
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| name = The Virginians | title_orig = | translator = | image = The Virginians Thackeray.jpg | caption = First edition title page | author = William Makepeace Thackeray | illustrator = William Makepeace Thackeray | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | genre = Historical novel | publisher = Bradbury and Evans | release_date = 1857–59 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (Unbound) | pages = 758 pp | preceded_by = Henry Esmond | followed_by = Pendennis }} The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century (1857–59) is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which forms a sequel to his Henry Esmond and is also loosely linked to Pendennis. Plot summaryIt tells the story of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington. Henry's romantic entanglements with an older woman lead up to his taking a commission in the British army and fighting under the command of General Wolfe at the capture of Quebec. On the outbreak of the American War of Independence he takes the revolutionary side. George, who is also a British officer, thereupon resigns his commission rather than take up arms against his brother. Critical receptionCritical reception of the book was on the whole favourable, and the novel has continued to be considered one of the standard works of 19th century fiction, though many critics have held that the novel's plotting was not of the tightest.[1] Anthony Trollope's opinion was typical: There is not a page of it vacant or dull. But he who takes it up to read as a whole, will find that it is the work of a desultory writer, to whom it is not infrequently difficult to remember the incidents of his own narrative.[2] Publication historyThe Virginians was issued by Thackeray's publishers, Bradbury and Evans, in 24 monthly parts, the first one appearing on November 1, 1857. It was illustrated by the author himself. The print-run of 20,000 for the first number proved to be too optimistic, and was progressively reduced to 13,000 for the last seven. Thackeray was originally to have been paid £300 per number, but the disappointing sales resulted in this being reduced to £250.[3]The Virginians was first published in book form in 1858-59 by Bradbury and Evans in two volumes, and almost simultaneously by the Leipzig firm of Bernhard Tauchnitz in four. Notable later reprints include its appearance as volume 15 of The Oxford Thackeray in 1908 with an introduction by George Saintsbury, and the 1911 Everyman's Library edition in two volumes. Notes1. ^{{cite book |editor1-last=Tillotson |editor1-first=Geoffrey |editor2-last=Hawes |editor2-first=Donald |title=Thackeray: The Critical Heritage |location=London |publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul |publication-date=1968 |pages=292, 303 }} 2. ^Anthony Trollope Thackeray (New York: Harper, 1901) p. 135. 3. ^Peter L. Shillingsburg Pegasus in Harness: Victorian Publishing and W.M. Thackeray (University Press of Virginia, 1992) pp. 76–7. External linksFull-text online editions
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