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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy

The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy

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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy

by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrations on Steel and Wood By the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. Volume I: 384 pages. Dated 1849. One page loose -- the illustration 'Poor Pen' between pages 68 and 69. Hinge cracked at chapter 1. Three quarter leather and marbled boards. Highly decorative spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. End papers brown and in great shape. Volume II has no loose pages. Original cloth page markers present in both although quite thin and worn. Page marker in Volume II is only partly there but still attached. Corners, covers and spine bumped, rubbed and shelf worn. Foxing and yellowing on interior. Binding intact and holding. A nice looking set.. First Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrations on Steel and Wood By the Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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
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Bookseller's Inventory #
000036
Title
The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
Author
Thackeray, William Makepeace
Illustrator
Illustrations on Steel and Wood By the Author
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Bradbury & Evans
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1850
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
LITERATURE VICTORIAN ANTIQUARIAN COLLECTIBLE
Bookseller catalogs
Collectible-Rare-Vintage;

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