William Thackeray

The Thackeray Edition proudly announces two additions to its collection: Catherine and The Luck of Barry Lyndon. The Thackeray Edition is the first full-scale scholarly edition of William Makepeace Thackeray's works to appear in over seventy years, and the only one ever to be based on an examination of manuscripts and relevant printed texts. It is also a concrete attempt to put into practice a theory of scholarly editing that gives new insight into Thackeray's own compositional process.Written in 1839-40 for Fraser's Magazine, Catherine was Thackeray's first novel. Although originally intended as a spoof of the 1830s Newgate school of criminal romance, it has intrinsic merit of its own for its cynical narrator and roguish heroine, both of whom harbinger similar creations in Vanity Fair eight years later.

Glavnoe proizvedenie Tekkereja. Nasyschennyj sobytijami, bogatyj tonkimi nabljudenijami byta svoego vremeni, proniknutyj ironiej i sarkazmom, roman "Jarmarka tscheslavija" zanjal pochetnoe mesto v spiske shedevrov mirovoj literatury. Ambitsioznaja i besprintsipnaja Rebekka Sharp stremitsja udachno vyjti zamuzh i zavoevat polozhenie v obschestve, ocharovyvaja bogatykh kholostjakov. Ona iz bednoj semi. Ee edinstvennoe nasledstvo - krasota i ostryj um. Radi dostojnogo polozhenija v svete Rebekka gotova na ljuboe kovarstvo. Ee blizhajshaja podruga - dobraja i skromnaja Emilija Sedli. Ona vljublena v egoistichnogo Dzhordzha Osborna i mechtaet stat ego zhenoj. No vozmozhny li schaste i ljubov v mire tscheslavija i poroka?

V istoricheskom romane "Istorija Genri Esmonda" klassik anglijskoj literatury Uiljam Tekkerej (1811-1863) postavil pered soboj zadachu pokazat, chto velikie vojny i smena korolevskikh dinastij na trone imejut svoju iznanochnuju storonu, vygljadjaschuju ne slishkom privlekatelno s tochki zrenija obychnogo cheloveka. Imenno takim chelovekom i javljaetsja glavnyj geroj povestvovanija - Genri Esmond, bespravnyj otprysk blagorodnoj familii. Ego zhizn prishlas na epokhu bespokojnogo tsarstvovanija Anny Stjuart - vremena, kogda velas vojna za ispanskoe nasledstvo, a katoliki i protestanty otchajanno borolis za pravo posadit svoju kandidaturu na anglijskij tron, kotoryj rano ili pozdno stanet vakantnym.Perevodchik: Kalashnikova E.

V istoricheskom romane "Istorija Genri Esmonda" klassik anglijskoj literatury Uiljam Tekkerej (1811-1863) postavil pered soboj zadachu pokazat, chto velikie vojny i smena korolevskikh dinastij na trone imejut svoju iznanochnuju storonu, vygljadjaschuju ne slishkom privlekatelno s tochki zrenija obychnogo cheloveka. Imenno takim chelovekom i javljaetsja glavnyj geroj povestvovanija - Genri Esmond, bespravnyj otprysk blagorodnoj familii. Ego zhizn prishlas na epokhu bespokojnogo tsarstvovanija Anny Stjuart - vremena, kogda velas vojna za ispanskoe nasledstvo, a katoliki i protestanty otchajanno borolis za pravo posadit svoju kandidaturu na anglijskij tron, kotoryj rano ili pozdno stanet vakantnym.Perevodchik: Kalashnikova Evgenija Davydovna

Subtitled "a novel without a hero," Vanity Fair offers an acidly satirical romp across all levels of English society during the Napoleonic wars. William Thackeray focuses on how the war affects people other than soldiers, the typical heroes. All of his characters are deeply flawed, from social climber Becky Sharp and sweet Amelia Sedley to caddish George Osborne and loyal William Dobbin. Becky, liar and hypocrite, takes center stage as one of literature's great female protagonists. Penniless, armed with only her beauty, charm, and cunning, she claws her way forward by practicing the corrupt principles of her world. Becky seduces her enemies and betrays friends with a charismatic energy that has captivated generations of readers.Regarded as Thackeray's best novel and masterpiece, Vanity Fair was published in serial form in 1847-48 in Punch and established the author's literary reputation as well as his social status and financial security. Critic A. E. Dyson acclaimed it as "one of the world's most devious novels, devious in its characterization, its irony, its explicit moralizing, its exuberance, its tone. Few novels demand more continuing alertness from the reader, or offer more intellectual and moral stimulation in return."

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story. David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the designIn William Thackeray's Vanity Fair, no one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp, who defies her impoverished background to clamber up the class ladder. Her sentimental companion Amelia, however, longs only for caddish soldier George. As the two heroines make their way through the tawdry glamour of Regency society, battles - military and domestic - are fought, fortunes made and lost. The one steadfast and honourable figure in this corrupt world is Dobbin with his devotion to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure.

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story. David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

"Backgrounds and Contexts" is arranged under three headings. "Composition and Publication History" combines modern scholarship with contemporary materials to elucidate the novel's composition and publication history and present different aspects of Thackeray's life and work. "Reception" reprints ten contemporary reviews, both published and unpublished, that suggest the tone of Vanity Fair's initial reception. "Contexts" includes materials relating to governesses, historical novels, the Battle of Waterloo and the military, bankruptcy, regency fashions, and the London landscape, all of which figure prominently in the novel. "Criticism" is a collection of nine essays written between 1900 and 1990 that reveal the developing response to Vanity Fair. William C. Brownell, David Cecil, G. Armour Craig, John Loofbourow, Peter K. Garrett, Richard Barickman, Susan MacDonald, Myra Stark, Ina Ferris, Catherine Peters, and James Phelan provide varied perspectives. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

"Jarmarok Sujeti. Roman bez geroja" Viljama Mejkpisa Tekereja - satirichnij roman, napisanij u 1848 rotsi, jakij uzhe majzhe dva stolittja chitajut i perechitujut u vsomu sviti. Chim zhe vin tak vabit? Chomu takij vidomij, ta odnakovo nezvidanij? I chomu odni tvori stajut svitovoju klasikoju, a inshi ni? Majzhe ritorichni zapitannja...Tekerej navrjad chi mig spodivatisja, scho j u KHKHI st. jogo satira bude aktualnoju, jogo personazhiv ne tilki znatimut, spivchuvatimut jim chi zasudzhuvatimut jikhni vchinki, a sche j rozmirkovuvatimut nad tim, scho viznachalne dlja schaslivoji doli: spadkovist chi vikhovannja. Chomu Rebekka Sharp - rozumna, garna, talanovita, tak i ne dosjagla omrijanogo bagatstva j stanovischa v suspilstvi? Vona narodilasja dvojedushnoju projdisvitkoju chi stala takoju cherez bidnist i brak vikhovannja? A chi schasliva v shljubi zi shljakhetnim Dobbinom schiroserdna, ale najivna Emilija Sedli? I kozhen personazh "Jarmarok Sujeti. Roman bez geroja", scho jogo z neabijakim khistom zobraziv pismennik, tsikavij po-svojemu, navit jakscho j zmalovanij iz dotepnoju ironijeju ta bezzhalnoju satiroju.Sama nazva romanu - vluchna kharakteristika bezprintsipnogo spozhivatskogo svitu, de panujut obluda, zhaga nazhivi j amoralnist. Odnak popri vadi, u suspilstvi je mistse shljakhetnosti, vidvazi, schiromu kokhannju ta viddanosti. I tak bude zavzhdi!

"Jarmarka Tscheslavija" - ne tolko samyj izvestnyj roman viktorianskogo pisatelja Uiljama Tekkereja, no i odno iz samykh chitaemykh proizvedenij vo vsem mire. Na stranitsakh etoj knigi razvertyvaetsja shirokaja panorama zhizni Anglii pervoj poloviny XIX veka. Dlinnoj verenitsej prokhodjat pered chitatelem ljudi raznykh sotsialnykh krugov: deltsy, aristokraty, chinovniki, chleny parlamenta, pomeschiki, voennye, diplomaty, guvernantki, lakei. Vse oni zhivut po zakonam "jarmarki", gde vse prodaetsja i vse pokupaetsja, gde vsem pravit uspekh i bogatstvo. Sledit za tem, kak ikh sudby perepletajutsja mezhdu soboj, obrazovyvaja prichudlivye uzory i kartiny, - chrezvychajno uvlekatelno.

Uiljam Mejkpis Tekkerej - odin iz klassikov britanskoj literatury.V ego skazke "Koltso i roza" sochetajutsja zakhvatyvajuschie prikljuchenija i tonkaja satira, jarkaja teatralnost i glubokij smysl. V udivitelnom korolevstve Paflagonija zhivut koroli koroleva, printsessy i printsy, dobrye volshebnitsy i kovarnyepridvornye, kotorye ochen pokhozhi na obychnykh ljudej. Vsem impredstoit perezhit mnozhestvo neverojatnykh povorotov sjuzheta, - no, konechno zhe, v skazochnom mire vse objazatelno konchitsja khorosho.Izyskannye illjustratsii Evgenija Antonenkova idealno podkhodjat sjuzhetu skazki i delajut etu knigu nastojaschim proizvedeniem iskusstva.

Esche do "Jarmarki tscheslavija" Tekkerej proizvel furor v obschestve seriej kolkikh, ostroumnykh statej, vysmeivajuschikh samye raznye vidy snobov, kotorykh mozhno vstretit v viktorianskom obschestve. Studenty i voennye, kuptsy i svjaschenniki, sudi i politiki - avtor ne poschadil nikogo. Iznachalno opublikovannye v zhurnale "Panch", stati byli sobrany pod odnoj oblozhkoj pod nazvaniem "Kniga snobov, napisannaja odnim iz nikh".V ironicheskoj povesti "Revekka i Rovena" Tekkerej predpolozhil, kak mogla by slozhitsja dalnejshaja sudba geroev "Ajvengo" Valtera Skotta...

XVIII vek - epokha avantjuristov. V poiskakh udachi i nazhivy oni kolesjat po vsej Evrope - ne imejuschie rodiny, skryvajuschie sobstvennuju lichnost pod falshivymi imenami i titulami, gotovye na vse.Odin iz rjadovykh v armii iskatelej blagosklonnosti Fortuny - irlandets Redmond Barri. Besprintsipnyj i legkomyslennyj, krepko pjuschij i imejuschij samoe smutnoe predstavlenie o chesti i porjadochnosti, etot zhizneljubivyj veselchak tem ne menee vnov i vnov okazyvaetsja gorazdo simpatichnee nastojaschikh aristokratov, v chej krug tak otchajanno stremitsja probitsja...Literaturnyj debjut Tekkereja - opublikovannyj v 1844 godu roman "Zapiski Barri Lindona" - imel neprostuju sudbu. Razgromlennyj viktorianskimi kritikami, ne ponjavshimi i ne prinjavshimi izjaschnuju, jazvitelnuju i ostroumnuju stilizatsiju Tekkereja pod britanskij "plutovskoj roman" XVIII veka, on byl sovershenno zabyt pri zhizni avtora, no v XX stoletii obrel zasluzhennuju slavu, voshel v zolotoj fond klassiki mirovoj literatury i leg v osnovu kinoshedevra Stenli Kubrika "Barri Lindon".

Doch spivshegosja khudozhnika i tantsovschitsy, ambitsioznaja i besprintsipnaja Rebekka Sharp stremitsja udachno vyjti zamuzh i zavoevat polozhenie v obschestve, ocharovyvaja bogatykh kholostjakov. Ona iz bednoj semi. Ee edinstvennoe nasledstvo - krasota i ostryj um. Radi dostojnogo polozhenija v svete Rebekka gotova na ljuboe kovarstvo. Ejo blizhajshaja podruga, dobraja i skromnaja Emilija Sedli, vljublena v egoistichnogo Dzhordzha Osborna i mechtaet stat ego zhenoj. No vozmozhny li schaste i ljubov v mire tscheslavija i poroka? Nasyschennyj sobytijami, bogatyj tonkimi nabljudenijami byta svoego vremeni, proniknutyj ironiej i sarkazmom, roman "Jarmarka tscheslavija" zanjal pochetnoe mesto v spiske shedevrov mirovoj literatury. Elegantnaja klassika - utonchennost, vnimanie k detaljam, prijatnye tsveta i taktilnye materialy, bezuprechnost stilja, vnutri maket s illjustratsijami. Seriju obedinjaet obschaja kartinka na koreshkakh.

"Jarmarka tscheslavija" - glavnoe proizvedenie Tekkereja, v tsentre vnimanija pisatelja - ljudi lzhivye i porochnye. Avtor polagal, chto v dobrote net nichego udivitelnogo, a vot zlo ochen ljubopytno i interesno izuchat. Kak eto ni paradoksalno, imenno na fone melochnosti i egoizma personazhej Tekkereja naibolee jarko i vypuklo vygljadjat idealy dobrodeteli. Sovremenniki Tekkereja sochli roman skandalnym do neprilichija, no eto ne pomeshalo avtoru mgnovenno posle ego vykhoda stat znamenitym.Pisatel govoril, chto ego roman - bez geroja, v osnove povestvovanija lezhit istorija Bekki Sharp, gotovoj na vse, chtoby vybitsja iz nischety i stat bogatoj, respektabelnoj svetskoj damoj. Vse te ukhischrenija, na kotorye idet khitroumnaja Bekki, chtoby dobitsja zhelaemogo, i sejchas vesma v khodu. Nesluchajno "Jarmarka tscheslavija" byla i ostaetsja odnim iz samykh populjarnykh v mire proizvedenij.

Sredi blestjaschikh romanistov Viktorianskoj epokhi Uiljam Tekkerej zanimaet samoe pochetnoe mesto i stoit v odnom rjadu s Charlzom Dikkensom, Sharlottoj Bronte i Elizabet Gaskell. Roman "Zapiski Barri Lindona" (1844), predstavlennyj v nastojaschem izdanii, leg v osnovu izvestnogo filma Stenli Kubrika (2004), "odnoj iz samykh mnogogrannykh i vyrazitelnykh kostjumnykh dram v istorii kino". Roman Tekkereja uvidel svet nezadolgo do ego znamenitoj "Jarmarki Tscheslavija", na stranitsakh kotoroj chitatel poznakomilsja s ocharovatelnoj i neverojatno predpriimchivoj Rebekkoj Sharp. Projdokha Redmond Barri - ee prjamoj literaturnyj rodstvennik. Istorija pokhozhdenij irlandskogo avantjurista, ego vzletov i padenij, v kotoroj avtor obygryvaet kanony semejnoj khroniki i plutovskogo romana, imela neodnoznachnye otzyvy sovremennikov, no spustja neskolko let posle publikatsii roman byl nazvan "skazochnym podvigom chistoj ironii" i priznan bezuslovnym dostizheniem pisatelja. "Ego genialnyj dar pokoren ego vole, kak sluga, kotoromu ne dozvoljaetsja, poddavshis bujnomu poryvu, brosatsja v fantasticheskie krajnosti, on dolzhen dobivatsja tseli, postavlennoj emu i chuvstvom, i rassudkom. Tekkerej nepovtorim. Bolshego ja ne mogu skazat, menshe skazat ne zhelaju" (Sharlotta Bronte).

"Jarmarka Tscheslavija" - ne tolko samyj izvestnyj roman viktorianskogo pisatelja Uiljama Tekkereja, no i odno iz samykh chitaemykh proizvedenij vo vsem mire. Na stranitsakh etoj knigi razvorachivaetsja shirokaja panorama zhizni Anglii pervoj poloviny XIX veka. Dlinnoj verenitsej prokhodjat pered chitatelem ljudi raznykh sotsialnykh krugov: deltsy, aristokraty, chinovniki, chleny parlamenta, pomeschiki, voennye, diplomaty, guvernantki, lakei. Vse oni zhivut po zakonam "jarmarki", gde vse prodaetsja i vse pokupaetsja, gde vsem pravit uspekh i bogatstvo. Sledit za tem, kak ikh sudby perepletajutsja mezhdu soboj, obrazovyvaja prichudlivye uzory i kartiny, chrezvychajno uvlekatelno. V nastojaschem izdanii roman publikuetsja s velikolepnymi illjustratsijami khudozhnika Grigorija Filippovskogo (1909-1987).

"Jarmarka Tscheslavija" - ne tolko samyj izvestnyj roman viktorianskogo pisatelja Uiljama Tekkereja, no i odno iz samykh chitaemykh proizvedenij vo vsem mire. Na stranitsakh etoj knigi razvertyvaetsja shirokaja panorama zhizni Anglii pervoj poloviny XIX veka. Dlinnoj verenitsej prokhodjat pered chitatelem ljudi raznykh sotsialnykh krugov: deltsy, aristokraty, chinovniki, chleny parlamenta, pomeschiki, voennye, diplomaty, guvernantki, lakei. Vse oni zhivut po zakonam "jarmarki", gde vse prodaetsja i vse pokupaetsja, gde vsem pravit uspekh i bogatstvo. Sledit za tem, kak ikh sudby perepletajutsja mezhdu soboj, obrazovyvaja prichudlivye uzory i kartiny, - chrezvychajno uvlekatelno.