$24.71
- Paperback
912 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2003
Summary
Becky Sharp’s Ascent: A Satirical Tale of Love and Fortune
No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George.
As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141439839 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141439831 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | William Thackeray, John Carey |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 912 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2003 |
| Weight: | 619g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 39mm |
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“I do not say there is no character as well drawn in Shakespeare [as D’Artagnan]. I do say there is none that I love so wholly.”–Robert Louis Stevenson
“The lasting and universal popularity of The Three Musketeers shows that Dumas, by artlessly expressing his own nature in the persons of his heroes, was responding to that craving for action, strength and generosity which is a fact in all periods and all places.”–Andreé Maurois
About The Author
William Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was born and educated to be a gentleman but gambled away much of his fortune while at Cambridge. He trained as a lawyer before turning to journalism. He was a regular contributor to periodicals and magazines and Vanity Fair was serialised in Punch in 1847-8.
John Carey is Professor of English at Oxford University. He has written on Dickens and Thackeray.
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