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THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS ; THE NEWCOMES ; THE VIRGINIANS
by Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849-1859. Hardcover. Octavo; 6 volumes; Fair+; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print on brown banner; Boards half bound with green leather to spine and corners, marbled paper to boards, wear to spine caps and corners, wear to leather hinges, leather title labels are chipping; Text blocks have gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, light age-toning to paper, some ink transfer on pages adjacent to illustrations, very slight occasional foxing, tanning to engraved title pages and frontispieces, illustrated (b&w); CONTENTS: The History of Pendennis : His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy / by William Makepeace Thackeray, with illustration on steel and wood by the author (2 vols.; 1849-1850; v. 1 has name in ink on p. 1, v. 2 has cracked front hinge with spine tear to engraved title page; viii, 384 pages & xii, 372 pages) - The Newcomes : Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family / edited by Arthur Pendennis, esq., with illustration on steel and wood by Richard Doyle (2 vols.; 1854-1855; both vols. have name in ink on title page, v. 1 cracked front hinge, v. 2 has moisture stain to top fore corner throughout; viii, 380 pages & viii, 375 pages) - The Virginians : a Tale of the Last Century / by W.M. Thackeray, with illustrations on steel and wood by the author (2 vols.; 1858-1859; v. 2 has cracked front hinge with spine tear to frontispiece; viii, 382 pages & viii, 376 pages).
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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
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1350851
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS ; THE NEWCOMES ; THE VIRGINIANS
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bradbury and Evans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849-1859
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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