Loved this-pretty typical Victorian story (is this suddenly rich financier all he seems ) but very funny and sweet written with a clarity and directness unusual for the period. Also very short if you're looking to try Thackeray out, though it's very early Thackeray and lacks a lot of what is unique about his mature work. (Dan) About the author William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 - 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847-1848 novel ...
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Loved this-pretty typical Victorian story (is this suddenly rich financier all he seems ) but very funny and sweet written with a clarity and directness unusual for the period. Also very short if you're looking to try Thackeray out, though it's very early Thackeray and lacks a lot of what is unique about his mature work. (Dan) About the author William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 - 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847-1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick. Thackeray was born in Calcutta, British India, and was sent to England after his father's death in 1815. He studied at various schools and briefly attended Trinity College, Cambridge, before leaving to travel Europe. Thackeray squandered much of his inheritance on gambling and unsuccessful newspapers. He turned to journalism to support his family, primarily working for Fraser's Magazine, The Times, and Punch. His wife Isabella suffered from mental illness. Thackeray gained fame with his novel Vanity Fair and produced several other notable works. He unsuccessfully ran for Parliament in 1857 and edited the Cornhill Magazine in 1860. Thackeray's health declined due to excessive eating, drinking, and lack of exercise. He died from a stroke at the age of fifty-two. Thackeray began as a satirist and parodist, gaining popularity through works that showcased his fondness for roguish characters. Thackeray's early works were marked by savage attacks on high society, military prowess, marriage, and hypocrisy, often written under various pseudonyms. His writing career began with satirical sketches like The Yellowplush Papers. Thackeray's later novels, such as Pendennis and The Newcomes, reflected a mellowing in his tone, focusing on the coming of age of characters and critical portrayals of society. During the Victorian era, Thackeray was ranked second to Charles Dickens but is now primarily known for Vanity Fair. During the Victorian era Thackeray was ranked second only to Charles Dickens, but he is now much less widely read and is known almost exclusively for Vanity Fair, which has become a fixture in university courses, and has been repeatedly adapted for the cinema and television. In Thackeray's own day some commentators, such as Anthony Trollope, ranked his History of Henry Esmond as his greatest work, perhaps because it expressed Victorian values of duty and earnestness, as did some of his other later novels. It is perhaps for this reason that they have not survived as well as Vanity Fair, which satirises those values. Thackeray saw himself as writing in the realistic tradition, and distinguished his work from the exaggerations and sentimentality of Dickens. Some later commentators have accepted this self-evaluation and seen him as a realist, but others note his inclination to use eighteenth-century narrative techniques, such as digressions and direct addresses to the reader, and argue that through them he frequently disrupts the illusion of reality. The school of Henry James, with its emphasis on maintaining that illusion, marked a break with Thackeray's techniques. (wikipedia.org)
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Octavo sized book. Green cloth cover. Decorative stamped binding on the cover. Gilt lettering and decoration on the backstrip. Scuffed corners and backstrip. Illustrated. Library sticker on the first pages. Slight pen markings on the title page. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Publication date not stated. Gilt lettering on spine. Binding slightly loose. Clean pages. Page edges age worn. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 300grams, ISBN:
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Very Good. First edition thus. 12mo. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Blue cloth, decorated in gilt on front board and spine, top edge gilt. Scattered foxing, spine cocked and darkened, still very good.
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