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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... laughed so merrily at you out of his honest blue eyes , that no wonder Mrs Pendennis thought him the pride of the whole country . Between the ages of sixteen and eighteen he rose from five feet six to five feet eight inches in height ...
... laughed so merrily at you out of his honest blue eyes , that no wonder Mrs Pendennis thought him the pride of the whole country . Between the ages of sixteen and eighteen he rose from five feet six to five feet eight inches in height ...
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... laughed so , that he thrust the masterpiece into the fire in a pet . He projected an epic poem in blank verse , ' Cortez , or the Conqueror of Mexico , and the Inca's Daughter . ' He wrote part of ' Seneca , or the Fatal Bath , ' and ...
... laughed so , that he thrust the masterpiece into the fire in a pet . He projected an epic poem in blank verse , ' Cortez , or the Conqueror of Mexico , and the Inca's Daughter . ' He wrote part of ' Seneca , or the Fatal Bath , ' and ...
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... laughed at the face which he made as he put it down - Gin , bitters , and some other cordial , was the compound with which Mr Foker was so delighted as to call it by the name of Foker's own . As Pen choked , sputtered , and made faces ...
... laughed at the face which he made as he put it down - Gin , bitters , and some other cordial , was the compound with which Mr Foker was so delighted as to call it by the name of Foker's own . As Pen choked , sputtered , and made faces ...
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... laughed ( indeed her teeth were not good ) , but a smile of endless tenderness and sweetness played round her beautiful lips , and in the dimples of her cheeks and her lovely chin . Her nose defied description in those days . Her ears ...
... laughed ( indeed her teeth were not good ) , but a smile of endless tenderness and sweetness played round her beautiful lips , and in the dimples of her cheeks and her lovely chin . Her nose defied description in those days . Her ears ...
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... laughed and declined to tell Laura what the play was about . In fact it was quite as well that she should not know . Then she asked him why he had got on his fine pin and beautiful new waistcoat ? Pen blushed , and told his mother that ...
... laughed and declined to tell Laura what the play was about . In fact it was quite as well that she should not know . Then she asked him why he had got on his fine pin and beautiful new waistcoat ? Pen blushed , and told his mother that ...
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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