William Makepeace Thackeray

Lovel The Widower (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (eBook, ePUB)

And Other Stories and Sketches

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A governess must hide her scandalous past as an actress in 1860's Lovel, which Thackeray based on his 1854 play The Wolves and the Lamb. The most overtly theatrical work we have from one of the 19th century's most theatrical writers.Anne Layman Horn, Victorian Literature and Culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Barnes & Noble
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781411437821
• Artikelnr.: 50388978

Autorenporträt

William Makepeace Thackeray (18111863), a British satirical writer, also wrote magazine articles and travel books. His most devoted readers were lords and ladies, whom he satirized in his works. He is best known for his novels Vanity Fair and The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which skewer the pretensions of English high society.