William Thackeray

Broschiertes Buch

Vanity Fair

Beschreibung

This deliciously droll satire lampoons the single-minded pursuit of riches by England's upper crust. A leisurely read, the novel is richly flavored with period detail of British society in the early 1800s.

Autor

In his day, William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-63) enjoyed a popularity equivalent to that of Charles Dickens. A contributor to Punch and an editor of the Cornhill Magazine, Thackeray possessed an acerbic wit that he directed chiefly at middle-class Victorian morality. Vanity Fair is his best-known work; his other books include The Luck of Barry Lyndon and The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.

Produktdetails

• Thrift Editions
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 128mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780486457529
• ISBN-10: 0486457524
• Artikelnr.: 22579477

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