Studies in the Novel, March 22nd, 1997
Works by Micael M. Clarke and John Reed explore the different visions of good and evil in the fiction of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray. Dickens' transcendent view of morality created a fable world where individuals were clearly responsible for their actions. Thackeray viewed individuals as social constructs and created a world where morality was less certain. Clarke wrote "Thackeray and Women." Reed wrote "Dickens and Thackeray: Punishment and Forgiveness."
Comparing Dickens to Thackeray in the context of these books brought me ultimately to the question of why we read each ...
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