Pendennis (Annotated). E-book. Formato EPUB - 9791221341669

Pendennis (Annotated). E-book. Formato EPUB.

• This edition includes the following editor's introduction: The parallel lives of two of the great masters of British literature: Dickens and Thackeray

Published in monthly instalments from 1848 to 1850, “Pendennis” (AKA The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy) is a semiautobiographical novel by English author William Makepeace Thackeray.

“Pendennis” is set in 19th-century England and tells the story of Arthur Pendennis, an English gentleman who is born in the country and sets out for London to seek his place in life and society. The novel traces his youthful career: his first love affair, his experiences at “Oxbridge University,” his employment as a London journalist...