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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...
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Young Adult, Romance
Length38 hrs 11 mins
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Publish dateMay 26, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The parallel lives of two of the great masters of British literature: Dickens and Thackeray
2Preface
3Chapter 1 - Shows how First Love may interrupt Breakfast
4Chapter 2 - A Pedigree and other Family Matters
5Chapter 3 - In which Pendennis appears as a very young Man indeed
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6Chapter 4 - Mrs. Haller
7Chapter 5 - Mrs. Haller at Home
8Chapter 6 - Contains both Love and War
9Chapter 7 - In which the Major makes his Appearance
10Chapter 8 - In which Pen is kept waiting at the Door, while the Reader is informed who little Laura was
11Chapter 9 - In which the Major opens the Campaign
12Chapter 10 - Facing the Enemy
13Chapter 11 - Negotiation
14Chapter 12 - In which a Shooting Match is proposed
15Chapter 13 - A Crisis
16Chapter 14 - In which Miss Fotheringay makes a new Engagement
17Chapter 15 - The happy Village
18Chapter 16 - More Storms in the Puddle
19Chapter 17 - Which concludes the first Part of this History
20Chapter 18 - Alma Mater
21Chapter 19 - Pendennis of Boniface
22Chapter 20 - Rake's Progress
23Chapter 21 - Flight after Defeat
24Chapter 22 - Prodigal's Return
25Chapter 23 - New Faces
26Chapter 24 - A Little Innocent
27Chapter 25 - Contains both Love and Jealousy
28Chapter 26 - A House full of Visitors
29Chapter 27 - Contains some Ball-practising
30Chapter 28 - Which is both Quarrelsome and Sentimental
31Chapter 29 - Babylon
32Chapter 30 - The Knights of the Temple
33Chapter 31 - Old and new Acquaintances
34Chapter 32 - In which the Printer's Devil comes to the Door
35Chapter 33 - Which is passed in the Neighbourhood of Ludgate Hill
36Chapter 34 - In which the History still hovers about Fleet Street
37Chapter 35 - Dinner in the Row
38Chapter 36 - The Pall Mall Gazette
39Chapter 37 - Where Pen appears in Town and Country
40Chapter 38 - In which the Sylph reappears
41Chapter 39 - Colonel Altamont appears and disappears
42Chapter 40 - Relates to Mr. Harry Foker's Affairs
43Chapter 41 - Carries the Reader both to Richmond and Greenwich
44Chapter 42 - Contains a novel Incident
45Chapter 43 - Alsatia
46Chapter 44 - In which the Colonel narrates some of his Adventures
47Chapter 45 - A Chapter of Conversations
48Chapter 46 - Miss Amory's Partners
49Chapter 47 - Monseigneur s'amuse
50Chapter 48 - A Visit of Politeness
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