William Makepeace Thackeray. Collected works in 12 volumes

William Makepeace Thackeray is a renowned prose writer of English origin, the famous master of satire and realism. The main creative direction of the author: novels, essays, historical essays. Years of life: on 18 July 1811 - 24 December 1863.

Many of the works of William Thackeray are realistic images of English life, as opposed to the previous idealization, typical of English novels of that time. According to the author his best work is considered to be "vanity Fair", where instead of the protagonist being present selfish and wicked world of people. Thackeray has always stressed that evil, vices and bad motives, expressed through vivid satire, much more interesting than utopian ideals.

Contents:

Volume 1. "From the notes of Deltablue" is a small work in which the author sarcastically exposes the cultural "habits" and vices of England of the XIX century: the veneer of snobbery, a void without content, the pursuit of brilliance and fashion in the endless attempts to stand out among others.

The story "the Fatal boots" (1839), the story "the Diary of Coke" (1840), "Catherine", "noble family", "History of Samuel Titmarsh and the famous diamond Hoggarty".

Volume 2. Parody works, essays, essays from 1833 to 1848.

Volume 3. The novel "Notes Barry Lyndon", a story about the adventurous life and the exposure of Irishman Redmond Barry, tied the knot with a rich heiress of the high society.

A collection of satirical essays "the Book of snobs".

Volume 4. The classic novel "vanity Fair" (1847-1848), exposing the vices, the greed and hypocrisy of bourgeois society of the Napoleonic wars.

Volume 5, 6. The novel "Pendennis" (1 and 2 book) about a romantically configured conqueror of the provincial capitals of Arthur Pendennis, the history of his growing up, getting rid of illusions and personal transformation under the yoke of forced circumstances.

Volume 7. The novel "the History of Henry Esmond" (1852) that affect the life of a noble family of the XVII-XVIII, private life and the General character of the era, including indifference, cynicism and indifference of powerful political figures, to the true interests of the country.

Essays on "the English humorists of the eighteenth century."

Volume 8, 9. Roman "Newcomb" (1 and 2 book).

Volume 10, 11. The novel "the Virginians" (part 1 and 2), essays on the "Four George".

Volume 12. Novels, essays, an unfinished novel "Denis Duval", poems.

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