William Makepeace Thackeray

An amazing book penned with masterly skills by William Makepeace Thackeray. It explores various kinds of English snobs including the military snob and the country snob in a humorous and satirical manner. The author has unique and eloquent writing style which makes the book highly captivating and worth reading.

This volume contains five of Thackeray's early serialised works for Punch, all more or less satiric of contemporary literary styles and events.

The Virginians is one of Thackeray's last great novels, a historical novel touching both sides of the Atlantic and giving a sweeping account of the mid-eighteenth century.

"Siden Adams dage har næppe nogen ulykke forekommet i denne verden uden at en kvinde har stået bag." Barry Lyndon er beretningen om den flamboyante gavtyv og lykkeridder Barry Lyndons storhed og fald i 1700-tallets England. Barry er født ind i den irske lavadel, og da han - udmanøvreret i sin første kærlighedsaffære - må flygte, melder han sig under den engelske hærs faner. Han gør tjeneste i Tyskland, men deserterer og efter en kort periode som spion, forfølger han en løbebane som hasardspiller rundt om i Europas klubber saloner. Barry er en vidtløftig herre, og han skyr ingen midler for at opnå den plads på samfundets tinde, han mener tilkommer ham. I et målrettet forsøg på at blive en del af aristokratiet gifter han sig med en velhavende enke, grevinden af Lyndon, men må sande, at han dér har fundet sin ligemand. W. M. Thackerays satiriske sædeskildring Barry Lyndon er nok mest kendt herhjemme fra Stanley Kubricks berømmede filmatisering fra 1975. Nu foreligger i romanen i en nyoversættelse - mere end 150 år efter den første gang udkom på dansk. "Herlig og henrivende læsning." - Politiken "Barry Lyndon er litterær slowfood, men som sådan hele investeringen i tid, energi og penge værd." - Jyllands-Posten

'I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year' Becky Sharp is a poor orphan when she first makes friends with the lovely Amelia Sedley at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies. She may not have the natural advantages of her companion but she more than makes up for it with her wit, charm, deviousness and determination to make a success of herself in the world, whatever the cost. Vanity Fair is the story of anti-hero Becky's spectacular rise and fall as she gambles, manipulates and seduces her way through high society against the backdrop of Waterloo and the Napoleonic wars.

Denis Duval is Thackeray's last novel, left incomplete at his death. This volume also includes reviews and articles written by Thackeray for the Morning Chronicle, one of the most respected daily papers of the day, in the 1840s.