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  • The Book of Snobs

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    The Book of Snobs examines the pervasive nature of snobbery across all social classes, using satire to critique the obsession with status, privilege, and public perception. Through a series of essays, the author humorously exposes the superficial behaviors that dominate social interactions, encouraging readers to reflect on their own tendencies toward pretense. The narrative begins by outlining ... Read more

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  • Barry Lyndon

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    The story is presented as the memoirs of Barry Lyndon, who recounts his life from his early years in Ireland through his various adventures and misadventures in Europe, including his service as a soldier in the Seven Years' War and his pursuit of wealth, status, and romance. Barry Lyndon is a complex and often unsympathetic character, and the novel explores themes of ambition, social climbing, and ... Read more

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  • The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    On the library wall of one of the most famous writers of America, there hang two crossed swords, which his relatives wore in the great War of Independence. The one sword was gallantly drawn in the service of the king, the other was the weapon of a brave and honoured republican soldier. The possessor of the harmless trophy has earned for himself a name alike honoured in his ancestors' country and ... Read more

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  • Vanity Fair

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    “Very likely Miss Binny was right to a great extent. It is the pretty face which creates sympathy in the hearts of men, those wicked rogues. A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face.”Blonde, beautiful, and penniless Becky Sharpe will do whatever it takes to secure her position in life. Staying in London with naive but kind-hearted ... Read more

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  • Vanity Fair

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    This classic story of two nineteenth-century social climbers is the basis for countless films and TV series, and one of the UK's "Best-Loved Novels."Before the Real Housewives, there were Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley. Ruthless and cunning, Becky may have been born in a lower class, but now that she's graduated from school, she's ready to climb up to a better life—and do whatever it takes to get ... Read more

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  • Vanity Fair

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a sweeping satirical masterpiece that offers a brilliant and unflinching portrait of ambition, greed, love, and social climbing in nineteenth-century England. First published in 1847–1848, this classic novel subtitled A Novel Without a Hero presents a vivid panorama of society, exposing its hypocrisies and moral contradictions with wit, irony, and ... Read more

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  • The Essential William Makepeace Thackeray Collection

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by William Makepeace Thackeray:The Tremendous Adventures of Major GahaganBarry LyndonThe Bedford-Row ConspiracyThe Book of SnobsBurlesquesCatherine: A StoryThe Christmas BooksThe Fatal BootsThe Fitz-Boodle PapersNotes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand CairoGeorge CruikshankThe History of Henry Esmond, Esq.The History of PendennisThe Hi... ... Read more

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  • Vanity Fair

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    Published in book form in 1848, "Vanity Fair" is a novel of early 19th-century English society by William Makepeace Thackeray and it is considered by many his masterwork. Thackeray’s previous writings had been published either unsigned or under pseudonyms, but "Vanity Fair" was the first work he published under his own name."Vanity Fair" follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid ... Read more

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  • Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges

    Enriched edition. Exploring English History and Satire Through Wit and Humor

    by William Makepeace Thackeray, Clayton Kimball ...
    In "Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges," William Makepeace Thackeray intricately weaves a tapestry of 18th-century English life, characterized by his signature blend of satire and vivid characterizations. "Henry Esmond" is a historical novel that delves into the complexities of loyalty and identity during the tumultuous period leading up to the Jacobite rebellion, told through ... Read more

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  • The book of snob

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    “The Book of the Snobs” is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in Punch magazine as The Snobs of England by one of them. While the word “snob” had been used since the end of the eighteenth century, Thackeray adopted the term to refer to people who look down on others who are “socially inferior” have quickly gained popularity. ... Read more

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  • Vanity Fair: A Novel Without A Hero

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    On a broad and colourful canvas, extending from urban and rural England to Waterloo and the continental haunts of exiles, Thackeray gives us one of the greatest social-satirical novels in the language-one of the most entertaining and profound, and, in the person of Becky Sharp, we have one of literature's most resourceful, attractive, and amoral characters. Essentially a commentary on hypocrisy ... Read more

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  • Vanity Fair

    by William Makepeace Thackeray ...
    "Vanity Fair" is a social satire that offers a panoramic view of English society during the early 19th century. The novel follows the lives of two main characters, Rebecca "Becky" Sharp and Amelia Sedley, as they navigate through a world shaped by vanity, ambition, and social stratification.Rebecca Sharp, a resourceful and cunning young woman from a poor background, is determined to rise in ... Read more

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