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The History Of Pendennis: Vol. I
by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Smith, Elder and Co., 1883. Hardcover. Good. 1883. No Edition Remarks. 501 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Volume 1 of 2. Ex-Libris sticker to front pastedown. Black and white illustrations and illustrative plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking to front hinge, thumb marking, mild crinkling and light tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. There is bumping to corners. Book has a slight forward lean.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1639653667MHP
- Title
- The History Of Pendennis: Vol. I
- Author
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co.
- Date Published
- 1883
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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