Thackeray Catherine Peters

Name: Thackeray By Catherine Peters
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Thackeray by Catherine Peters

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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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Thackeray: A Writer's Life by Catherine Peters

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.

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GOR002335415

ISBN 13

9780750923064

ISBN 10

0750923067

Title

Thackeray: A Writer's Life by Catherine Peters

Author

Catherine Peters

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

The History Press Ltd

Year published

1999-11-18

Number of pages

302

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Thackeray Catherine Peters

Thackeray by Catherine Peters

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