William Thackeray

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?

Ambitsioznaja i besprintsipnaja Rebekka Sharp stremitsja udachno vyjti zamuzh i zavoevat polozhenie v obschestve, ocharovyvaja bogatykh kholostjakov. 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.

"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.

Ambitsioznaja i besprintsipnaja Rebekka Sharp stremitsja udachno vyjti zamuzh i zavoevat polozhenie v obschestve, ocharovyvaja bogatykh kholostjakov. 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.

Denna berättelse från 1800-talets England bjuder på allt man önska sig av en modern klassiker: två unga kvinnor med intresse för samma man, en sträng och färgrik tidsbild och en berättare på skarpaste humör. Amalia växer upp i en välbärgad och beskyddande familj. Hon underkastar sig konventionerna medan hennes vän Rebecka är medellös och tvingas lita på sin list och hänsynslöshet. Deras väg kantas av olyckor och vågspel och de tvingas att ta de chanser som finns i det brutala samhälle de lever i. Där härskar en uppsluppen kommers driven av girighet och materialistiska begär som tillsammans med napoleontidens storpolitiska inverkningar sliter genom huvudpersonernas öden. Thackerays berättare antar rollen som presentatör och observatör tillsammans med läsaren med en blick både för det stora dramat i varje människoöde och drivkrafter som leder och missleder dem. När Charlotte Brontë dedikerade sin roman Jane Eyre till den beundrade Thackeray så var det inte minst för hans satir över det exploaterande och patriarkala samhället i Fåfängans marknad. William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) var en av sin tids främsta författare och skildrare av sin tid. Med skarp satir i den anglosaxiska traditionen genomskådade han det viktorianska samhället och dess marknad av människor och varor samtidigt som han undgår att moralisera över dess invånare. Han är mest känd för Vanity fair som blivit en klassiker, men också berättelsen om äventyraren Barry Lyndon, som filmatiserats med stor framgång. No. 14 på tidningen The Guardians lista över de bästa engelskspråkiga böckerna någonsin. -

Denna berättelse från 1800-talets England bjuder på allt man önska sig av en modern klassiker: två unga kvinnor med intresse för samma man, en sträng och färgrik tidsbild och en berättare på skarpaste humör. Amalia växer upp i en välbärgad och beskyddande familj. Hon underkastar sig konventionerna medan hennes vän Rebecka är medellös och tvingas lita på sin list och hänsynslöshet. Deras väg kantas av olyckor och vågspel och de tvingas att ta de chanser som finns i det brutala samhälle de lever i. Där härskar en uppsluppen kommers driven av girighet och materialistiska begär som tillsammans med napoleontidens storpolitiska inverkningar sliter genom huvudpersonernas öden. Thackerays berättare antar rollen som presentatör och observatör tillsammans med läsaren med en blick både för det stora dramat i varje människoöde och drivkrafter som leder och missleder dem. När Charlotte Brontë dedikerade sin roman Jane Eyre till den beundrade Thackeray så var det inte minst för hans satir över det exploaterande och patriarkala samhället i Fåfängans marknad. I originalöversättning av Carl Johan Backman William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) var en av sin tids främsta författare och skildrare av sin tid. Med skarp satir i den anglosaxiska traditionen genomskådade han det viktorianska samhället och dess marknad av människor och varor samtidigt som han undgår att moralisera över dess invånare. Han är mest känd för Vanity fair som blivit en klassiker, men också berättelsen om äventyraren Barry Lyndon, som filmatiserats med stor framgång. No. 14 på tidningen The Guardians lista över de bästa engelskspråkiga böckerna någonsin. -

Roman "Jarmarka tscheslavija" - vershina sotsialno-oblichitelnoj literatury XIX veka. Parodiruja i vysmeivaja nravy burzhuaznogo obschestva, gde vysshee polozhenie zanimajut ljudi pronyrlivye, khvatkie, Tekkerej priznaetsja, chto "dlja borby s takimi-to ljudmi i dlja ikh oblichenija, nesomnenno, i sozdan Smekh!". Avtor nazyvaet svoe proizvedenie "romanom bez geroja", v "Jarmarke tscheslavija" net odnoznachno polozhitelnykh i otritsatelnykh personazhej, svoe mnenie o kazhdom iz nikh chitatel sostavljaet sam.Khudozhnik Grigorij Filippovskij - master graficheskogo izobrazhenija, v ego illjustratsijakh glavnoe mesto zanimaet kharakter geroja, tonko skhvachennyj neskolkimi chetkimi shtrikhami.

"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.Perevodchik: Djakonov Mikhail

The last completed novel of William Makepeace Thackeray, The Adventures of Philip tells the story of Philip Firmin, a blustering but good-hearted young man. When his mother dies, Philip becomes heir to a fortune but is estranged from his father, who proceeds to waste his son's inheritance on fraudulent speculation. Next Philip's true love casts him aside for a richer man, and he proposes to Charlotte. However, their marriage causes an immediate rift with Philip's wealthy relation Lord Ringwood. After Philip's bad temper loses him a series of positions as a journalist, things look particularly bleak. The discovery of Lord Ringwood's lost will may be Philip's last hope---but how favorably will Lord Ringwood look on him? Included in the edition are a list of manuscript alterations, a list of emendations, and a collation of historical variants as well as an extensive discussion of the editorial theory and practices. Particular attention is paid to the problems confronting any editor of Thackeray: ambiguities in his handwriting, choosing between vastly different authorial rhetorical punctuation and the semantic punctuation standard in Smith's publishing house. Other volumes in the Thackeray Edition include The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour; The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists; Catherine; The Luck of Barry Lyndon: A Romance of the Last Century. By Fitz-Boodle; The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family; and The History of Henry Esmond. Judith Law Fisher is Professor of English at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She is author of Thackeray's Narrative Skepticism and the "Perilous Trade" of Authorship.

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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century collects a series of engaging lectures by W. M. Thackeray on Swift, Pope, Fielding, and others---offering a rare look at this classic author's views of his forbearers. The lectures and the final essay Charity and Humour were written for an American audience (the latter published in Harper's Monthly Magazine in June 1853) and showcase Thackeray's views of American sensibilities. Compiled by means of a comparative study of all relevant documents---from the first published appearance to the last edition touched by the author---this edition is a unique achievement. This volume is the latest addition to The Thackeray Edition, a multi-volume series representing 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. This series puts into practice a theory of scholarly editing that gives new insight into Thackeray's own compositional process. Other volumes from the University of Michigan Press available in the series include The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists, Catherine: A Story, The Luck of Barry Lyndon, and The History of Henry Osmond. Edgar F. Harden is Emeritus Professor of English at Simon Fraser University. He is editor of The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists and The Luck of Barry Lyndon.

This volume of The Snobs of England and Punch's Prize Novelists is an addition to The Thackeray Edition collection, 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. In The Snobs of England, a series of amusing satirical sketches, Thackeray provides a panoramic awareness of the many varieties of human folly, identifying snobbery not as a social attitude but as the unworthy admiration of foolish things. Punch's Prize Novelists presents a series of illustrated burlesque parodies of Thackeray's contemporary writers, including Edward Bulwer, Benjamin Disraeli, Mrs. Catherine Gore, G.P.R. James, Charles Lever, and James Fenimore Cooper. The works are edited here from a comparative study of all relevant documents: from the first published appearances to the last editions touched by the author.

William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair depicts the anarchic anti-heroine Beky Sharpe cutting a swathe through the eligible young men of Europe, set against a lucid backdrop of war and international chaos. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by John Carey.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 Sedley, however, longs only for the 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 William Dobbin, devoted to Amelia, bringing pathos and depth to Thackeray's gloriously satirical epic of love and social adventure. Set against the background of the Napoleonic wars, Thackeray's 'novel without a hero' is a lively satirical journey through English society, exposing greed, snobbery and pretension.This edition follows the text of Thackeray's revised edition of 1853. John Carey's introduction identifies Vanity Fair as a landmark in the development of European Realism, and as a reflection of Thackeray's passionate love for another man's wife.William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was born and educated to be a gentleman, but gambled away much of his fortune while at Cambridge. He trained as a lawyer before turning to journalism. He was a regular contributor to periodicals and magazines and Vanity Fair was serialised in Punch in 1847-8.If you enjoyed Vanity Fair you might like Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami, also available in Penguin Classics.'Vanity Fair has strong claims to be the greatest novel in the English language. It is also the only English novel that challenges comparison with Tolstoy's War and Peace'John Carey

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.The Luck of Barry Lyndon, serialized in Fraser's Magazine in 1844, is a wonderfully hard-edged advance upon Thackeray's previous writing: a tour de force dramatization at novelistic length of the moral vacuity of its first person narrator. The inner workings of this narrator are far more complicated than in earlier Thackeray writings, and are presented in a far more subtle, yet not humorless, manner. The mock-Bildungsroman aspect of the novel is brought about by the non-enlightenment of the title-figure, his failure to find a meaningful love-relationship, and his inability to discover a calling that identifies both a significant direction for his individual existence and, at the same time, an appropriate accommodation to his duties to society. Achieved in brilliant, accomplished style, Barry Lyndon is a significant and progressive experiment in narration for Thackeray.

The University of Michigan Press is proud to announce that it has assumed publication of the Thackeray Edition, the first full-scale scholarly edition of Thackeray's works to appear in over seventy years. This edition is 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. Thackeray's The Newcomes, the first volume to be published by the University of Michigan Press, is best characterized by its own subtitle: "Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family." Serialized in twenty-three monthly installments in London from October 1853 through August 1855, it was Thackeray's most popular novel and endured in that popularity throughout the nineteenth century. Moreover, The Newcomes forms the major basis for most revaluations of Thackeray's achievement by feminist critics, who for the most part give Thackeray high marks for sensitivity to the position of women in Victorian society. The edition provides a clear reading text, representing the form of the work that the author produced at the time of original publication. The text is edited to correct errors and to represent authorial practice rather than publishing house conventions. Just over half of the manuscript survives: the proposed edition is based on all known manuscripts, and on the first edition when there is no manuscript. Other authorial forms of the text, whether alterations in the manuscripts or revisions in printed works, are presented in the apparatus so that the composition and revisions can be studied. Peter L. Shillingsburg is Professor of English, Mississippi State University.

Written immediately after Vanity Fair, Pendennis has a similar atmosphere of brooding disillusion, tempered by the most jovial of wits. But here Thackeray plunders his own past to create the character of Pendennis and the world in which he lives: from miserable schoolboy to striving journalist, from carefree Oxbridge to the high (and low) life of London. The result is a superbly panoramic blend of people, action and background. The true ebb and flow of life is caught and the credibility of Pen, his worldly uncle, the Major, and many of the other characters, extends far beyond the pages of the novel. Held together by Thackeray's flowing, confident prose, with its conversational ease of tone, Pendennis is as rich a portrait of England in the 1830s and 40s as it is a thorough and thoroughly entertaining self-portrait.

'What spectacle is more august than that of a great king in exile? Who is more worthy of respect than a brave man in misfortune?' When "Henry Esmond" appeared in 1852, noted writers and critics of the time acclaimed it as the best historical novel ever written. Set in the reign of Queen Anne, the story follows the troubled progress of a gentleman and an officer in Marlborough's army, as he painfully wrestles with an emotional allegiance to the old Tory-Catholic England until, disillusioned, he comes to terms of a kind with the Whiggish-Protestant future. This change also entails a very uncomfortable switch in his affections. The love story of Henry Esmond is charged with sombre, unconscious emotions, yet is skilfully embedded into historical events which are convincing but never too prominent.