If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!


Ch. 42. - The History of Pendennis (1848-1850)

William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid...

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid...

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid...

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid...