Vanity Fair - format ePub

Begegnen Sie mit diesem Roman der Londoner Gesellschaft zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts! Im Zentrum der Handlung stehen dabei die beiden Protagonistinnen Amelia und Becky, die auf ganz unterschiedliche...

In the whimsical kingdom of Paflagonia, where royalty reigns with absurdity and magic abounds, a captivating tale unfolds. The Rose and the Ring, a literary masterpiece by William Makepeace Thackeray,...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. The Luck of Barry Lyndon was first published as a serial in Fraser’s Magazine, then later as a complete volume entitled The Memoirs of Barry...

In the quaint coastal town of Pendennis, where the sea whispers secrets and the past lingers in every cobblestone, a tale unfolds that spans generations. "The History of Pendennis" by William Makepeace...

In "George Cruikshank," William Makepeace Thackeray presents an incisive exploration of the life and artistic contributions of the renowned caricaturist and illustrator. Written in a witty and satirical...

A masterpiece of social satire, featuring one of literature’s best-loved characters, Becky Sharp. Ruthless social climber and irrepressible anti-hero Becky Sharp will do anything to raise her...

William Makepeace Thackeray es uno de los escritores de habla inglesa más destacados del siglo XIX. Novelista de la escuela realista, se caracteriza por la ironía y sátira en sus libros, con descripciones...

The classic novel of 'villainy, crime, merriment, lovemaking, jilting, laughing, cheating, fighting and dancing', soon to be a major new ITV series from the producers of Poldark, Victoria and And Then...

Set against the backdrop of the Waterloo campaign during Napoleon’s Hundred Days, Vanity Fair tells the story of two very different women: Rebecca (Becky) Sharp and Amelia Sedley. Their education complete,...

Barry Lyndon-far from the best known, but by some critics acclaimed as the finest, of Thackeray's works-appeared originally as a serial a few years before VANITY FAIR was written; yet it was not published...

Die charmanteste Intrigantin der Weltliteratur Die erfinderische Becky Sharp ist eine moralisch fragwürdige Romanheldin, der jedes Mittel recht ist, um die Stufen der gesellschaftlichen Leiter im viktorianischen...

William Makepeace Thackeray'Äôs "The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh; and the Irish Sketch Book" presents a captivating amalgamation of travel writing and social satire. Through the guise of the...

We know exceedingly little of the genesis and progress of Esmond. "It did not seem to be a part of our lives as Pendennis was," says Lady Ritchie, though she wrote part of it to dictation. She "only heard...

If this kind of composition, of which the two years' product is now laid before the public, fail in art, as it constantly does and must, it at least has the advantage of a certain truth and honesty, which...

Vanity Fair is an English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It was first...

Voici le chef d'oeuvre anglais du XIXème siècle, écrit par le grand William Makepeace Thackeray, et seul Dickens peut rivaliser avec lui en ce qui concerne l'impact littéraire qu'eurent ses romans à cette...

Mémoires de Barry Lyndon du royaume d’Irlande William Makepeace ThackerayCet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique. Un travail typographique le rend facile et agréable...

« Mais d’abord, qu’est-ce qu’un Snob ?Si vous voulez le savoir, ne cherchez point dans le dictionnaire ; ce mot n’est point encore muni de son passeport académique. Du reste, rien n’est plus commun que...

Ceci vous représente Valoroso XXIV, roi de Paphlagonie, assis, avec la reine, son épouse, et leur fille unique, à leur royale table, dans leur royale salle à manger, et recevant la lettre qui annonce...

Rédigée sous la forme de mémoires, cette histoire est celle de l'ascension sociale et de la chute d'un homme arriviste et amoral. Suite à un duel au cours duquel il pense avoir tué son adversaire, le...

 La Foire aux vanités T. II (1847-1848) de William Makepeace Thackeray, Traduction : Georges Guiffrey  Laisser, laisser parler ! Qu’importe ! Tous les biens qu’on achète à la foire aux vanités finissent...

Le monde est un miroir qui renvoie à chaque être humain le reflet de son propre visage.  La Foire aux vanités, Roman sans héros, (en anglais : Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero) le chef d’œuvre de William...

On peut être Snob ou relativement ou positivement. Par Snobs positifs, j’entends ceux qui restent Snobs n’importe où ils se trouvent, qui ne cessent jamais de l’être du matin au soir, du berceau à la...

Quittant l’Irlande à la suite d’un duel qui tourne mal, Redmond Barry s’enrôle dans l’armée anglaise alors en guerre contre la Prusse. Après avoir été fait prisonnier par l’ennemi, il sera contraint d’espionner...

Dans "Les mémoires d'un valet de pied", William Makepeace Thackeray propose un récit satirique et incisif du début du XIXe siècle, à travers les yeux de son protagoniste, un valet de pied nommé Barry...

Les "Mémoires de Barry Lyndon" relatent à la première personne l’ascension et la chute de Redmond Barry, jeune et ambitieux aventurier irlandais du XVIIIe siècle. Après un duel avec un rival amoureux,...

Die einzelnen Kapitel, seinerzeit im Satiremagazin "Punch" erschienen, zeugen von der essayistischen Meisterschaft des Autors, der in Deutschland (leider) nur für seine Romane "Vanity Fair" und (vielleicht...

Im Mittelpunkt des Bestsellers »Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit« von William Thackeray stehen zwei sehr unterschiedliche Frauencharaktere: die Schulfreundinnen Amelia Sedley und Becky Sharp. Während Amelia sich...

As the manager of the Performance sits before the curtain on the boards and looks into the Fair, a feeling of profound melancholy comes over him in his survey of the bustling place. There is a great quantity...

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