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The History of Pendennis His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy: Volume II of the Works of ...Thackeray, New Century Library
by William Makepeace Thackeray
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
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About This Item
Small book in softcover leather binding. Date or place of publication not shown. We presume London and likely first edition and likely first printing in the New Century Library series. The book has age. We believe it dates around 1900. The cover shows wear along the edges and spine but the gold designs and lettering on the spine are clear. Pages are clean and clear and seemingly without tears or marks except for a smudge on the title page. See photos.
Synopsis
Written immediately after Vanity Fair, Pendennis has a similar atmosphere of brooding disillusion, tempered by the most jovial of wits. But here Thackeray plunders his own past to create the character of Pendennis and the world in which he lives: from miserable schoolboy to striving journalist, from carefree Oxbridge to the high (and low) life of London. The result is a superbly panoramic blend of people, action and background. The true ebb and flow of life is caught and the credibility of Pen, his worldly uncle, the Major, and many of the other characters, extends far beyond the pages of the novel. Held together by Thackeray's flowing, confident prose, with its conversational ease of tone, Pendennis is as rich a portrait of England in the 1830s and 40s as it is a thorough and thoroughly entertaining self-portrait.
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- Bookseller
- M&J Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 956
- Title
- The History of Pendennis His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson, New Century Library
- Pages
- 913
- Size
- 6.25 x 4.5"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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