The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. (2 volumes in one).
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, owners’ names to endpaper, light scattered foxing.
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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
- Zephyr Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355635
- Title
- The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. (2 volumes in one).
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Format/Binding
- Later half brown morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine title.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, owners’ names to endpaper, light scattered foxing.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1850
- Pages
- iv, 392; iv, 372 pp. +4 pp. ads.
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled boards
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....