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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1904. Reissued. Leather. Good/No Dust Jacket. 200 g; VIII, 916 pages, last two pages of advertisements, printed on India paper. Halftone frontispiece with a foxed tissue guard. Volume 2 In the New Century Library "the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray". Handling marks to the front edge of the text block, top edge of text block gilt, minor scuffing and rubbing of the leather. Ownership inscription dated October 1904 on the verso of the front end page. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Leather Bound; Inventory No: 0218998. .
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
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0218998
- Title
- The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reissued
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- BZDB2 novel, Leather Literature & Literary; Leather Bound; Unbranded Thackeray, William Makepeace The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bound;
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Foxed
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- Verso
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- Rubbing
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