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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... voice ( for a scene of great natural beauty always moved the boy , who inherited this sensibility from his mother ) certain lines beginning , ' these are Thy glorious works , Parent of Good ; Almighty ! Thine this universal frame ...
... voice ( for a scene of great natural beauty always moved the boy , who inherited this sensibility from his mother ) certain lines beginning , ' these are Thy glorious works , Parent of Good ; Almighty ! Thine this universal frame ...
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... voice with which he used to speak and sing ( for his singing voice was a very sweet one , and he used when little to be made to perform ' Home , sweet Home , ' ' My pretty Page , and a French song or two which his mother had taught him ...
... voice with which he used to speak and sing ( for his singing voice was a very sweet one , and he used when little to be made to perform ' Home , sweet Home , ' ' My pretty Page , and a French song or two which his mother had taught him ...
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... voice of the driver called out , ' Hallo , Pendennis , is that you ? ' in a loud patronising manner . Pen had some difficulty in recognising , under the broad - brimmed hat and the vast greatcoats and neckcloths , with which the new ...
... voice of the driver called out , ' Hallo , Pendennis , is that you ? ' in a loud patronising manner . Pen had some difficulty in recognising , under the broad - brimmed hat and the vast greatcoats and neckcloths , with which the new ...
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... voice. Those. Thus she stood for a minute - complete and beautiful - as Pen stared at her . ' I say , Pen , isn't she a stunner ? ' asked Mr Foker . ' Hush ! ' Pen said . ' She's speaking . ' ' Of the Fotheringay , - the very man .
... voice. Those. Thus she stood for a minute - complete and beautiful - as Pen stared at her . ' I say , Pen , isn't she a stunner ? ' asked Mr Foker . ' Hush ! ' Pen said . ' She's speaking . ' ' Of the Fotheringay , - the very man .
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... voice. Those who know the play of the 'Stranger' are aware that the remarks made by the various characters are not valuable in themselves, either for their sound sense, their novelty of observation, or their poetic fancy. Nobody ever ...
... voice. Those who know the play of the 'Stranger' are aware that the remarks made by the various characters are not valuable in themselves, either for their sound sense, their novelty of observation, or their poetic fancy. Nobody ever ...
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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