The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes And Misfortunes, His Friends And His Greatest EnemyPenguin UK, 26.06.1986 - 816 Seiten 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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... Miss Fotheringay, Mrs Pendennis, and Smirke; from the beginning of Chapter 17 of the first edition ('Which Concludes the First Part of this History'), Mrs Portman's revelation to Mrs Pendennis of Smirke's long-standing engagement to a Miss ...
... Miss Fotheringay, Mrs Pendennis, and Smirke; from the beginning of Chapter 17 of the first edition ('Which Concludes the First Part of this History'), Mrs Portman's revelation to Mrs Pendennis of Smirke's long-standing engagement to a Miss ...
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... Miss Costigan , daughter of J. Chesterfield Costigan , Esq . , of Costiganstown , but , perhaps , better known to you under her professional name of Miss Fotheringay , of the Theatres Royal Drury Lane and Crow Street , and of the ...
... Miss Costigan , daughter of J. Chesterfield Costigan , Esq . , of Costiganstown , but , perhaps , better known to you under her professional name of Miss Fotheringay , of the Theatres Royal Drury Lane and Crow Street , and of the ...
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... Miss Hunkle, of Lilybank, old Hunkle the Attorney's daughter, with at least fifteen hundred a year to her fortune; but my brother the Major declined. 'As a bachelor,' he said, 'nobody cares how poor I am. I have the happiness to live ...
... Miss Hunkle, of Lilybank, old Hunkle the Attorney's daughter, with at least fifteen hundred a year to her fortune; but my brother the Major declined. 'As a bachelor,' he said, 'nobody cares how poor I am. I have the happiness to live ...
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... Miss Pierce , that she was too proud for her station ; Mrs Wapshot , as a doctor of divinity's lady , would have the ... Miss Pybus and Miss Pierce discovered in her , namely , that of pride ; which did not vest itself so much in her own ...
... Miss Pierce , that she was too proud for her station ; Mrs Wapshot , as a doctor of divinity's lady , would have the ... Miss Pybus and Miss Pierce discovered in her , namely , that of pride ; which did not vest itself so much in her own ...
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... Miss Rummer when she would be ready to marry him , and paid his compliments to Miss Brett , the other young lady in the bar , all in a minute of time and with a liveliness and facetiousness which set all these ladies in a giggle ; and ...
... Miss Rummer when she would be ready to marry him , and paid his compliments to Miss Brett , the other young lady in the bar , all in a minute of time and with a liveliness and facetiousness which set all these ladies in a giggle ; and ...
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In which the Major Makes his Appearance | |
In which Pen is kept Waiting at the Door while the Reader is Informed who Little Laura | |
In which the Major Opens the Campaign | |
Which is Passed in the Neighbourhood of Ludgate Hill | |
In which the History still Hovers about Fleet Street | |
A Dinner in the | |
The Pall Mall Gazette | |
Where Pen appears in Town and Country | |
In which the Sylph Reappears | |
In which Colonel Altamont Appears and Disappears | |
Relates to Mr Harry Fokers Affairs | |
Facing the Enemy | |
Negotiation | |
In which a ShootingMatch is Proposed | |
A Crisis | |
In which Miss Fotheringay Makes a New Engagement | |
The Happy Village | |
Which Concludes the First Part of this History | |
Alma Mater | |
Pendennis of Boniface | |
Rakes Progress | |
Flight after Defeat | |
Prodigals Return | |
New Faces | |
A Little Innocent | |
Contains both Love and Jealousy | |
Notes | |
Contains some BallPractising | |
Which is both Quarrelsome and Sentimental | |
Babylon | |
The Knights of the Temple | |
Old and New Acquaintances | |
In which the Printers Devil Comes to the Door | |
Carries the Reader both to Richmond and Greenwich | |
Contains a Novel Incident | |
Alsatia | |
In which the Colonel Narrates some of his Adventures | |
A Chapter of Conversations | |
Miss Amorys Partners | |
Monseigneur samuse | |
A Visit of Politeness | |
In Shepherds | |
In or Near the Temple Garden | |
The Happy Village Again | |
Which had very nearly been the Last of the Story | |
A Critical Chapter | |
Convalescence | |
Fannys Occupations Gone | |
In which Fanny Engages a New Medical | |
Foreign Ground | |
Fairoaks To Let | |
Old Friends | |
Explanations | |
People and Places | |
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acquaintance ain't Arthur Pendennis asked Baronet Baymouth begad began blushed Bolton Bows Brixham Bungay called Captain Costigan carriage chambers Chatteris Chevalier Clavering family Clavering Park Clavering's cried daughter dear delighted dinner Doctor door eyes face Fairoaks Fanny father fellow Foker girl give Glanders Grosvenor Place hand happy heard heart Helen honest honour Huxter kind knew Lady Clavering Lady Rockminster laugh Laura letter live London looked Lord Major Pendennis mamma marriage marry Miss Amory Miss Fotheringay Morgan morning mother never night old gentleman Oxbridge Pall Mall Gazette passed Pen's Pendennis's perhaps play poor Portman pretty Pynsent round Saint Boniface sate Shandon Sir Francis Clavering smile Smirke speak Strong talk tell Thackeray thought told took uncle voice Wagg walked Warrington widow wife woman wonder word young gentleman young lady