William Makepeace Thackeray 1811 - 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. In this book: Vanity Fair, The Virginians
William Makepeace Thackeray 1811 - 1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair,...
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 -1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He is famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. The Luck of Barry Lyndon is a picaresque novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in serial form in 1844, about a member of the Irish gentry trying to become a member of the English aristocracy. Thackeray, who based the novel on the life and exploits of the Anglo-Irish rake and fortune-hunter Andrew Robinson Stoney, later reissued it under the title The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon.
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 -1863) was an English novelist of the 19th century. He is famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, ...
The story is framed by its preface and coda as a puppet show taking place at a fair; the cover illustration of the serial installments was not of the characters but of a troupe of comic actors at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park. The narrator, variously a show manager or writer, appears at times within the work itself and is highly unreliable, repeating a tale of gossip at second or third hand. Rebecca Sharp ("Becky") is a strong-willed, cunning, moneyless, young woman determined to make her way in society. After leaving school, Becky stays with Amelia Sedley ("Emmy"), who is a good-natured,...
The story is framed by its preface and coda as a puppet show taking place at a fair; the cover illustration of the serial installments was not of the ...
