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The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan

William Makepeace Thackeray

FormatEbook
Published1999
Words28,245
LanguageEnglish
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A comic tale in which the braggart soldier Major Gahagan narrates his improbable military exploits in India, a satire of the boastful memoir. It will interest readers of Victorian humour and of Thackeray's early writing.
William Makepeace Thackeray

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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