1868 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

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Folding Plates, Illustrated

Including: The Newcombes (In two volumes) The Four Georges/The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century The Christmas Books of Mr M. A. Titmarsh (two volumes) Denis Duval, Lovel the Widower, and Other Stories The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon Esq. Vanity Fair (in two volumes) The Book of Snobs and Sketches and Travels in London The Paris Sketch Book of Mr M.A. Titmarsh and the Memoirs of Mr Charles J. Yellowplush Catherine: A Story, Little Travels, The Fitz-Boodle Papers and Others Roundabout Papers from the Cornhill Magazine to Which Is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon Burlesques Ballads and Tales Esmond The Irish Sketchbooks/Notes of A Journey From Cornwall to Cairo Philip (in two volumes) The Virginians (in two volumes) Pendennis (in two volumes) Miscellaneous Sketches, Essays and Reviews Contributions to Punch During the Victorian era, Thackeray was ranked second only to Charles Dickens. He was able to satirise whole swaths of humanity while retaining a light touch. It also features his most memorable character, the engagingly roguish Becky Sharp. As a result, unlike Thackeray's other novels, it remains popular with the general reading public; it is a standard fixture in university courses and has been repeatedly adapted for movies and television. Illustrated by Richard Doyle and by the author with four hundred and seventeen plates, collated complete, and numerous other illustrations in the text. With publisher's catalogues to the rear. In Thackeray's own day, some commentators, such as Anthony Trollope, ranked his History of Henry Esmond as his greatest work, perhaps because it expressed Victorian values of duty and earnestness, as did some of his other later novels. Including additional titles and half-titles bound to the rear of Catherine. Complete in twenty-four volumes.