William Makepeace Thackeray 
The Virginians (Annotated) 

• This edition includes the following editor’s introduction: The parallel lives of two of the great masters of British literature: Dickens and Thackeray

Originally published in 1859, “The Virginians” (AKA
The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century) is a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which forms a sequel to his “The History of Henry Esmond.”



“The Virginians” follows the life of the family and descendants of Henry Esmond of Castlewood, Virginia. Although Esmond’s twin grandsons take opposing positions during the American Revolution, they reconcile after the war…