* master table of contents to allow easy navigation around Thackeray’s immense oeuvre. * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Books by William Makepeace Thackeray Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero William Makepeace Thackeray 3.59 - 149.00 The Luck of Barry Lyndon William Makepeace Thackeray 5.29 - 73.66 The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne William Makepeace Thackeray 4.59 - 74. * includes Trollope’s biography of Thackeray – explore the great man’s amazing life * ALL of the travel writing and sketches, with many illustrations – spend hours poring over images from a bygone age * even INCLUDES Thackeray’s poetry, essays and Punch articles – all with their own special contents tables * explore Thackeray’s illustrated Christmas Books * ALL of the short stories and novellas, with excellent formatting Thackerays later novels include The History of Pendennis (1848-50), The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. * also includes the rare novels ‘Lovel the Widower’, ‘Adventures of Philip’ and the unfinished novel ‘Denis Duval’, often missed out of collections Both in his miscellaneous writings and in his first great novel, Vanity Fair, Thackeray sought to counter the kind of melodramatic and pretentious entertainment provided by such authors as Edward Bulwer-Lytton, William Harrison Ainsworth, and even the early Charles Dickens.
* even includes the rare unfinished novel ‘A Shabby Genteel Story’ * ALL 12 novels, many with their original illustrations
* images of how the monthly serials first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the original Victorian texts * annotated with concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* illustrated with over 1000 images, relating to Thackeray’s life and works
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