The Rose and the Ring(1855) The Virginians(1857-1859) The Adventures ofPhilip(1862) Roundabout Papers(1863) Denis Duval(1864) V.W.M.Thackeray's Literary Relations:Sources, Influences,Confluences 10 Thackeray on Carlyle'sstyle The Retreated Narrator:Carlylel and Thackeray's Showman in Vanity Fair Thackeray's attitude toward Bulwer-Lytton Thackeray versus Dickens on the Writing Profession Youthful Heroics in Thomas Hughes,Dickens and Thackeray A New Kind of Hero:Dickens's Great Expectations and Thackerays's The Adventures ofPhilip VI.Characterization in Thackeray 5 Rebecca Sharp:The Champion Skater of Vanity Fair Putting Becky on Trial Inaccuracies in Said's discussionof Joseph Sedley• The Rose and the Ring (1855) • The Virginians (1857–1859) • The Adventures of Philip (1862) • Roundabout Papers (1863) • Denis Duval(1864) V. W. M. Thackeray's Literary Relations: Sources, Influences, Confluences • Thackeray on Carlyle's style • The Retreated Narrator: Carlylel and Thackeray's Showman in Vanity Fair • Thackeray's attitude toward Bulwer-Lytton • Thackeray versus Dickens on the Writing Profession • Youthful Heroics in Thomas Hughes, Dickens and Thackeray • A New Kind of Hero: Dickens's Great Expectations and Thackerays's The Adventures of Philip VI.Characterization in Thackeray • Rebecca Sharp: The Champion Skater of Vanity Fair • Putting Becky on Trial • Inaccuracies in Said's discussion of Joseph Sedley 10’ 5’