When the Shabby Genteel Story was first reprinted with other stories and sketches by William Makepeace Thackeray, the following note was appended to it "It was my intention to complete the little story, of which only the first part is here written. Perhaps novelreaders will understand, even from the above chapters, what was to ensue. Caroline was to be disowned and deserted by her wicked husband that abandoned man was to marry somebody else hence, bitter trials and grief, patience and virtue, for poor little Caroline, and a melancholy ending as how should it have been gay? The tale was interrupted at a sad period of the writers own life. The colors are long since dry the artists hand is changed. It is best to leave the sketch, as it was when first designed seventeen years ago. The memory of the past is renewed as he looks at it die Bilder froher Tage Und manche liebe Schatten steigen auf." Mr. Brandon, a principal character in this story, figures prominently in The Adventures of Philip, under his real name of Brand Firmin Mrs. Brandon, his deserted wife, and her father, Mr. Gann, are also introduced thus The Adventures of Philip can be considered a sequel to A Shabby Genteel Story.

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