Thackeray
A Writer's Life
Published on 18. November 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
302 pages
978-0-7509-2306-4 (ISBN)
Description
Born into gentlemanly affluence, William Thackeray's life was shattered by early separation from his mother. Unhappy at school and idle at Cambridge, he gambled away part of his fortune before he was 21. This biography explores his life and literary success and is illustrated with his own drawings.
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Publishing group
The History Press Ltd
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
facsimiles, portraits, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7509-2306-4 (9780750923064)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The passage from India; "the education of a gentleman" and the education of a writer; the idle apprentice; marriage; days of trouble; "Punch"; "Vanity Fair"; "Pendennis"; "Esmond" - the power of the past; new worlds for old; the toad under the harrow; "Vanitas vanitatum" - the end of the story.