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A collection of William Makepeace Thackeray's comic and satirical prose, including parodies of contemporary novelists and burlesques such as his mock-continuation of Scott's *Ivanhoe*. It will suit readers of nineteenth-century literature and those interested in Victorian satire and literary parody.
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick.
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