William Makepeace Thackeray: 293 books

I was born in the year one, of the present or Christian hera, and am, in consquints, seven-and-thirty years old. My mamma called me Charles James Harrington Fitzroy Yellowplush, in compliment to several noble families, and to a sellybrated coachmin whom she knew, who wore a yellow livry, and drove the...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).  *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.  *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. In a certain quiet and sequestered nook of the retired...

After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of precious metal. Among authors, however, bullion is...

Originally published in two volumes in 1858-59, this historical novel is a sequel to Henry Esmond and a prequel of sorts to Pendennis.  It follows Esmond's twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington, as they try, in different ways, to crawl out from beneath the thumb of their mother. They may succeed—but they may also be seriously deceived. 

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*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).  *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.  *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.  An account of a trip through pre-famine Ireland. Includes some highly intelligent and pertinent observations on the state of a nation.

. . . I quitted the “Rose Cottage Hotel” at Richmond, one of the comfortablest, quietest, cheapest, neatest little inns in England, and a thousand times preferable, in my opinion, to the “Star and Garter, ” whither, if you go alone, a sneering waiter, with his hair curled, frightens you off the...

Die Notwendigkeit einer Abhandlung über die Snobs an der Hand der Geschichte und durch treffliche Beispiele erläutert. Ich bin dazu ausersehen, ein solches Buch zu schreiben. Verkündung meiner Berufung mit Worten feuriger Beredsamkeit. Ich weise nach, daß die Welt allmählich für dieses Werk...

Das Buch, das den «Snob» populär machte Er schläft in weißen Glacéhandschuhen, tischt auf bis zum Bankrott und kämpft erbittert um seine gesellschaftliche Stellung: der Snob. Heute in aller Munde, wurde der Typus des arroganten Selbstdarstellers überhaupt erst mit Thackerays Buch populär....

Die Memoiren eines Hochstaplers/ Ein Hochstapler par excellence Liebesabenteuer, Glücksspiele aller Art, wagemutige Duelle, glanzvolle Maskenbälle, Zechgelage und Hetzjagden machen das Leben von Redmond Barry aus, der sich später Barry Lyndon nennt und vor aller Welt seine aristokratische Herkunft...

Chiswick Mall. Notre siècle marchait sur ses quinze ans…. Par une brillante matinée de juin, une large voiture bourgeoise se dirigeait, avec une vitesse de quatre milles à l’heure, vers la lourde grille du pensionnat de jeunes demoiselles tenu par miss Pinkerton, à Chiswick Mall. La voiture était...